An Angel

WHERE DID YOU COME from, baby dear?
Out of the everywhere into the here.

Where did you get those eyes so blue?
Out of the sky as I came through.

What makes the light in them sparkle and spin?
Some of the starry spikes left in.

Where did you get that little tear?
I found it waiting when I got here.

What makes your forehead so smooth and high?
A soft hand strok’d it as I went by.

What makes your cheek like a warm white rose?
I saw something better than any one knows.

Whence that three-corner’d smile of bliss?
Three angels gave me at once a kiss.

Where did you get this pearly ear?
God spoke, and it came out to hear.
Where did you get those arms and hands?
Love made itself into bonds and bands.

Feet, whence did you come, you darling things?
From the same box as the cherubs’ wings.

How did they all just come to be you?
God thought about me, and so I grew.

But how did you come to us, you dear?
God thought about you, and so I am here.

Mother borns with Child

"The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new."

Children Are ...

Amazing, ACKNOWLEDGE THEM.

Believable, TRUST THEM.

Childlike, ALLOW THEM.

Divine, HONOR THEM.

Energetic, NOURISH THEM.

Fallible, EMBRACE THEM.

Gifts, TREASURE THEM.

Here Now, BE WITH THEM.

Innocent, DELIGHT WITH THEM.

Joyful, APPRECIATE THEM.

Kindhearted, LEARN FROM THEM.

Lovable, CHERISH THEM.

Magical, FLY WITH THEM.

Noble, ESTEEM THEM.

Open minded, RESPECT THEM.

Precious, VALUE THEM.

Questioners, ENCOURAGE THEM.

Resourceful, SUPPORT THEM.

Spontaneous, ENJOY THEM.

Talented, BELIEVE IN THEM.

Unique, AFFIRM THEM.

Vulnerable, PROTECT THEM.

Whole, RECOGNIZE THEM.

Xtraspecial, CELEBRATE THEM.

Yearning, NOTICE THEM.

Zany, LAUGH WITH THEM.