New life...

Procreation...not something in the forefront of my mind, but certainly a rising agenda item given the number of weddings I now attend and small children I seem to be responsible for; god help them!

My two day old god child was plonked in my arms yesterday and much to my surprise, it actually felt somewhat natural to hold him. The last two occasions this happened; my nephews, was a little odd - I felt really stiff and whilst I wanted to go with it, I sensed that I was resisting the urge to be natural given everyone's opinion of me being the least likely person to be natural with a baby - oh the thought behind everything!

So, there I was happily enjoying the whole thing; looking at this amazing little life form and watching him as he looked at me wondering what on earth he was doing in my arms. He opened his eyes a few times, eyed me up and down, yawned, gurgled a little and then settled back to sleep again; quite incredible.

Both parents were beaming and the room felt so full of love; there was no space for even a moment of sadness or darkness. New life really is an amazing thing, creating another one of those happenings that you cannot see or touch, but something that has such presence, it feels like a blanket has been wrapped around you.

'Diaper backward spells repaid. Think about it.'