“Don’t stand unmoving outside the door of a crying baby whose only desire is to touch you. Go to your baby. Go to your baby a million times. Demonstrate that people can be trusted, that the environment can be trusted, that we live in a benign (gentle) universe.” To do otherwise is to follow the … Continue reading
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Short Essay – Shhh! The Baby’s Sleeping.
Who told young mothers that newborn babies should be able to adapt to their loud houses and hectic schedules? Sleeping and napping through the drama and din of daily life. Snoozing through slammed doors, dropped pots, loud TVs, shopping trips, bright lights and raised voices! There can be only one answer – some female, non-Christian, … Continue reading
The Miracle of Motherhood – Diane Gabaldon
“Babies are soft. Anyone looking at them can see the tender, fragile skin and know it for the rose-leaf softness that invites a finger’s touch. But when you live with them and love them, you feel the softness going inward, the round-cheeked flesh wobbly as custard, the boneless splay of the tiny hands. Their joints … Continue reading