It’s probably a good thing that newborns need to be held constantly, because if they hoped to do anything else, those dreams would soon shatter.

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Who can resist the fresh scent and bobbing head of a newborn? Who can see a gurgling newborn and not hold his arms out? They are out there, but I’ve never understood them.

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We are reminded of what true innocence is, of what it means to be totally trusted, of what softness and sweetness really are.

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Note: The photo of me under the deck with the Boy is the work of the Girl. It appears this is a post in which she’s absent, but she’s moving to the other side of the shutter.