The morning after

* I think back on the morning after having a baby. Everything is so new, and so sore. That first little sucking is such a gentle relief. You can see the miracle in the face of the young angel, and even the donkey wants to get included.
* Mary now needs to face real life with a new baby. Long sleepless nights, many needed baths for both of them. I am grateful for a bathtub and hot water.
* We slept in new soft blue sheets last night, with two new soft towels. I live like a queen. What an honor it would have been to be able to offer Mary my bedroom, and set by the door yummy meals for them to eat.
* "We will need to be like Mary and keep some things in our hearts and ponder them trustingly, for we too know more than we can tell." Neal A Maxwell