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| This beautiful little face has captured my heart. |
There is something so perfect and pure about babies that reminds your heart what love is really all about. It is given, not earned. It is not something that you give because of anything the recipient did, does or will do. It just is. I can't help but love Evelyn, and nothing she has ever done has earned my love. She just has it and she always will.
It is so easy to get caught up in the messiness of relationships and all that complicates them and in the midst of that, forget what makes relationships worth having: pure, unearned, unconditional love.
I am so thankful for Evelyn--that she made it into this world healthy and safe. I am thankful that she has reminded my heart of the pure feelings of love that have gotten so muddied and unclear.
I think it is so wonderful how God created life to happen--that we come into this world as little, innocent babies, that we don't start out all messed up. And babies keep coming to remind all of us who have grown up how good of a thing life really is and how much promise there is in it.
Thank you, little Evelyn, for reminding my heart of the goodness of life, love and the God who created it all. I love you.
Babies are such a nice way to start people.
-Don Herold
