When
I first held my daughter, I was overwhelmed with the awe and gratitude common
to new mothers. Who was this tiny person that was given to me to love? Where
did she come from, and what will she become? Will her blue eyes stay blue? Will
she be a reader, an athlete, a kind friend?
This
profound sense of wonder, which we experience at the birth of a child,
paradoxically brings us back to our own childhood, when our experience of the
world is illuminated by the miracle of existence. We see this amazement as the
child grows: her whole body enlivens at backyard rabbits, the long, soft
branches of a willow tree, and a visit from her grandfather. The child’s way of
relating to the whole world differs greatly from the adult’s; it is imbued with
wonder and awe, aware of the whole world as a gift.
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