Papiview

there is nothing quite like this.

i can remember holding chris the exact same way chris is caressing holden.  how did he learn to do that?  wanda didn’t ever hold chris this way.  only i did.  it was my second favorite way of holding him.  i will be watching carefully to see if chris holds holden my favorite way.  i’ve never told him.  i’ll just have to wait and see…

there is something amazing…even mystical…about holding the life of our children in our hands.  both physically and metaphorically.  their little lives are full of hope and promise and they are totally dependent on our touch to lead them.  without us, they would die.  without us, they would be left on their own to figure out all that is important.

this is where it all begins.  somewhere in this touch, there is connection that lasts a lifetime.  at least it should.  in this touch, the essence of relationship is forged.  in this touch, the transmission of value and priority and the soul of ultimate significance takes place.

i never took it lightly.  i pray that i passed that on.

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