Life Defenders

My name is Carla, but I wasn't born Carla. I was born Sara and I’m from Dublin ,  Ireland.  My birth mother was a raging alcoholic, who chose life for me in 1988, even though she couldn't master her addiction. I was conceived in an abusive relationship. My mother’s drinking was quite unhealthy, but she was incredibly brave to have given me life. And as hard as it was, I know she did the right thing. My adoptive parents are wonderful and have never given up on me, even though I was a difficult child. From the age of 17, I began my own battle with alcoholism, which through the years got ugly. In 2013, on the 26th of December, I had invited over a friend I had known since I was about 10 years old. For some odd reason we began talking about my adoption. I don't know what led us to talk about it that day, but life was about to take a journey on a crazy rollercoaster. Within an hour of talking about my adoption, with help from my adoptive mother putting together piece...

Written by  Esteban   Pittaro for  Aleteia Translated for Life Defenders  by Ana Correa The  police  officer  who found her: “ God was there with us to give us the necessary  wisdom  in a  m oment  like this”. “I want the baby to be named Milagros (Miracles in Spanish) , because that is what she was.God was there with us every moment”. That is how  s he  summarized the  amazing  event  witnessed by   officer  Emilce   Iramaín , who discovered  what according to her and to the doctors, can only be considered a miracle.  On Friday night, while patrolling the city of Buenos Aires (Argentina), at the corner of routes 8 and 202, in San Miguel,  Emilce  and her partner, Gonzalo, noticed that a truck had run over  a pedestrian.   When they approached,  Emilce   saw  the lifeless body of a woman, but  noticed that something was moving insi...