Some friends just had their first baby, and it set my mind reflecting on the fact that most new parents feel less than truly ready for the responsibility. It can be a rather sobering experience.
It seems a little strange at first
that nature places so much trust
upon the less than perfectly mature.
But somehow that's the way our kind endures.
So there it is, the baby's yours.
You made it by yourselves, for sure,
and now you're charged with keeping it alive.
And though you're new to it, you strive
to raise it up, to help it thrive,
to let this boy or girl
learn to make its way into the world.
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