Yes, Yes, a Thousand Times Yes

My first child was born with his eyes wide open. For me to see that first moment, to greet him when he exited me and entered the world was priceless. In his face and in his eyes I saw, “Yes”.

There is nothing anyone can tell you that prepares you for the largeness of the feelings for your newborn. It’s force can be disorienting. It seems to have happened suddenly, but it starts even before conception when we wonder about the children we might have and we imagine ourselves with them. Our desire for them draws us to each other in an unimaginable way. Feeling like two magnets with attracting forces we think, “Don’t we have just the perfect children for us?”

Yes is an affirmation. Yes is a word of encouragement and possibility, a word of permission and of hope. It is a word of comfort and relief. Yes is a word that moves events ahead and gets out of the way. Yes requires you to explore who you are and to be yourself. Yes is all-inclusive. Yes is life.