"Families mean work, but they are our great work—

and we are not afraid of work." -Julie B Beck

(baby lizzy)

Each day I hug my boy,

I kiss him softly,

I whisper “I love you” into his impressionable ears.

Each day I think about how I could make him smile,

How I could make him feel cared for,

How I could make his day.

Each day I get on the ground and am my son’s playmate,

his best bud.

Each day, I strive to fulfill his need to simply be loved.

No questions asked, no prerequisites needed.

My love is free and that is the greatest gift.

-marla gale

(baby henry)

when god wants an important thing done in this world or a wrong righted, he goes about it in a very singular way. he doesn't release thunderbolts or stir up earthquakes. god simply has a tiny baby born, perhaps of a very humble home, perhaps of a very humble mother. and god puts the idea or purpose into the mother's heart. and she puts it in the baby's mind, and then-god waits. the great events of this world are not battles and elections and earthquakes and thunderbolts. the great events are babies, for each child comes with the message that god is not yet discouraged with humanity but is still expecting good-will to become incarnate in each human life. {edmond mcdonald}