Tag - sidewalk advocacy

Seven years ago Amy Blackwell drove an hour and a half from her home to an abortion clinic in Shreveport planning to abort her child.

She saw “a little old man” on the sidewalk praying for her, and ducked into the center when he turned away.

Amy Blackwell, recently shared her story on social media, singing the praises of her personal hero, “the little old man from the sidewalk.”

She said she was in a bad place in her life at the time and didn’t want to go through with the pregnancy.

But on her return trip to the abortion facility with a friend, on the day she was to have the abortion, she remembered that man and broke down. It saved her child.

Amy Blackwell, recently shared her story on social media, singing the praises of her personal hero, “the little old man from the sidewalk.”

She wrote in a Facebook post about the day she went to an abortion facility to get a consultation for an abortion, and had an encounter she would never forget.

So after 7 years of thinking of him and loving him for his part in my daughters life, God brought us together today. He, who now I know as Mr. Brocato, has the blessing of seeing the fruits of his labor. He is now 90 years old and not able to stand on the sidewalk anymore – BUT in his place, I now stand.