I saw a young father playing with his toe-headed daughter
out in the grass today. It made me glad. It made me glad because of families,
and the fact that people still believe in them. It’s an awe inspiring idea,
families. When you get married, you link the rest of your life forever with
another person’s and you are both aware of it, both inspired by it, and both a
little overwhelmed by it, because you consciously perceive at least a portion
of what is taking place.
When you have a little child, a
little toe-head girl, or dark haired boy perhaps. You are completely, utterly,
and irrevocably linking your life with the entirety of another human’s life for eternity. Every step they take, mistake, and laugh and tear they shed from day
one is now somehow a part of your life, whether or not you are present when
they occur.
I simply suggest that we make it an effort to be there for as many
tears, laughs, smiles and mistakes as we possibly can.
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