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A BABY BOOK
A man and woman…then later two men stopped in the bookstore the other day..
both excited for the same reason…each couple had a baby on the way.
Each couple was out celebrating…as expectant couples do…
Each couple hoping to find advice and perhaps some comfort in a book or two.
After both couples left the store and were happily on their way
I thought…what if every baby wrote a book to their parents…
I wonder what they’d say:
Welcome to parenthood…I’m your baby…the newest member of our family…
I’ll make this book short because from this moment on
you’re gonna to be pretty busy…with me.
Just a little advice that, if you take, will help all of us to grow…
written in this book…10 things I’d like you to know.
You will receive a lot of good and bad advice…
and you won’t always be able to tell them apart…
so the first thing I want you to do is trust in yourself…and listen to your heart.
Don’t be alarmed when I am hurt…
when I get a bruise be there to soothe and numb it…
Remember…your job is to help me learn about life…not to protect me from it.
I will make mistakes…you will see me at my best and my worst…
If you want me to believe in myself…you must believe in me first.
I will be a baby and child for a short time…please be patient with me…
even those times I make it difficult for you to be the parents you imagined you’d be.
Finally remember to always love me…it’s the most important thing I need you to know…your love is something I will always need…the one thing I’ll never outgrow.
There are other things I could mention…other things I want you to know…
but it’s time for you to feed me…we’ll learn the rest together as we grow.
For now these 10 things will do…10 things that will help ease all our stresses and fears
at least I think it’s 10…I’m not sure…I wont learn to count for another few years.
(I imagine each baby’s book would be a little different but similar in many ways…
filled with each baby’s specific advice…10 things they’d like to say.
