The Joy of Our Children
Babies and joy go together. You have to wait for the arrival of a baby. It takes months of expectation, preparation, anticipation. And when the baby at last arrives, there is great joy. Grandparents arrive, older brothers and sisters are excited and proud. First pictures are passed around for admiration.
What is more joyful that the arrival of a new baby?
But there is also something frightening about the birth of a baby? Yes, frightening. It's joyful for the young parents, at first. But then there are the bills to pay, clothes to be bought, education to be financed. The ever-increasing food bill as they grow.
Children, our joy, are also the most expensive gifts we'll ever receive!
You hold this little baby in your arms, cherishing it, loving it. Yet there will be other days when you will walk the floor into the night, either nursing it to sleep, or later fitfully waiting for that grown up baby to get back home safe and sound. Parents say "they wear out their knees praying" when that little one is old enough to drive a car. There will be disappointments, fierce disagreements, words exchanged, paths taken that you may not agree with. Hold that baby in your arms, cherish and enjoy it and along with this joy comes the knowledge that there will be other days not so joyful.
New parents are extremely proud of their new baby. Yet beneath their joy there runs another current - a wondering what the future may hold for this child. Today there is joy? What about tomorrow?
We all have to do our part to ensure the tomorrow's for the future of our children. Lets begin as a nation working together in the days and months ahead by treating others as we wish to be treated.
Susan Murphy Milano is the author of 2 books "Moving Out Moving On" when a relationship goes wrong and "Defending Our Lives" (Doubleday Books) If you or a family memeber are in turmoil remember solutions lie in solving the problem that is presented to us in each and every moment. www.movingoutmovingon.com Email Kindlivingpress@aol.com
What is more joyful that the arrival of a new baby?
But there is also something frightening about the birth of a baby? Yes, frightening. It's joyful for the young parents, at first. But then there are the bills to pay, clothes to be bought, education to be financed. The ever-increasing food bill as they grow.
Children, our joy, are also the most expensive gifts we'll ever receive!
You hold this little baby in your arms, cherishing it, loving it. Yet there will be other days when you will walk the floor into the night, either nursing it to sleep, or later fitfully waiting for that grown up baby to get back home safe and sound. Parents say "they wear out their knees praying" when that little one is old enough to drive a car. There will be disappointments, fierce disagreements, words exchanged, paths taken that you may not agree with. Hold that baby in your arms, cherish and enjoy it and along with this joy comes the knowledge that there will be other days not so joyful.
New parents are extremely proud of their new baby. Yet beneath their joy there runs another current - a wondering what the future may hold for this child. Today there is joy? What about tomorrow?
We all have to do our part to ensure the tomorrow's for the future of our children. Lets begin as a nation working together in the days and months ahead by treating others as we wish to be treated.
Susan Murphy Milano is the author of 2 books "Moving Out Moving On" when a relationship goes wrong and "Defending Our Lives" (Doubleday Books) If you or a family memeber are in turmoil remember solutions lie in solving the problem that is presented to us in each and every moment. www.movingoutmovingon.com Email Kindlivingpress@aol.com
