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Muser...

...now, the Divine Spark is an idea I can relate to!

And thanks for the advice on blinking! I'm already trying to engineer my life so I can spend more time with him. Time is our only non-renewable commodity, after all (and isn't it amazing how cheaply many of us are expected to sell it for?)

Thanks for reading.

D

posted by DamonLeigh on February 1, 2006 at 3:05 AM | link to this | reply

When I study a newborn I see a miracle, and I feel deep within myself that

same mark of the Divine that I see in this new creation. Congratulations! Don't blink too much; you'll find that time starts to accelerate with the birth of a child; before you're ready, you'll find yourself sitting at a graduation... and wondering where the years went...

posted by muser on February 1, 2006 at 2:46 AM | link to this | reply

poetjpb...

...thank you, but not sure of the relevence of the links?

All the best

D

posted by DamonLeigh on January 31, 2006 at 8:08 AM | link to this | reply

Runs at Dawn...

..wow! You're still around! Cool!

Yes, Baby is now up and active, and we're very happy.

Have you got any in the offing? I'll have to catch up with you soon...

Nice to see you back!

D

posted by DamonLeigh on January 31, 2006 at 8:06 AM | link to this | reply

wislon...

...you know how to cheer a guy up, huh?

Thanks for reading.

D

posted by DamonLeigh on January 31, 2006 at 8:01 AM | link to this | reply

JanesOpinion...

...er, you've got me confused.

Hocus pocus? Illogical? But then you go on to back up my thoughts! "Infants were created with these reflexes as protective mechanisms, until their brains could mature enough..." Exactly! And when do you suppose these protective reflexes were developed? Certainly a few hundred thousand years ago, if not a million. And why were they developed? Because we were being born into dangerous, wild times.

Unless you think the reflexes came about during the Blitz of WWII?

Thanks for reading.

D

posted by DamonLeigh on January 31, 2006 at 7:07 AM | link to this | reply

Pat B...

...I'm sure it's easy to run into those sorts of attitudes you found in your tale of the young girl. No kids of her own, huh? That would explain a lot!

I LOVE the imagery you create in the second part of your comment. I could get lost in those thoughts for hours...if I didn't have a Selfish Sam to think about!!

Thank you, Pat.

D

posted by DamonLeigh on January 31, 2006 at 2:30 AM | link to this | reply

PassionFlower...

...thanks for the comments.

I agree with your first - many assume that children come here to learn. In fact, they come here to teach. And I feel I've already learnt tons from Sam.

I can't agree with the second. I'm no atheist, but in my reality map, the one I look up to is the Great Spirit, or the Universe. That could just be a difference of labels, of course. However, Spirit would never claim to have 'created' Sam. We did that, T and I, with a helping hand from all our ancestors down through the ages.

Thanks again!

D

posted by DamonLeigh on January 31, 2006 at 2:27 AM | link to this | reply

congrats

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posted by poetjpb on January 30, 2006 at 6:24 PM | link to this | reply

Wow, you already had your baby, congratulations!!!

I've been gone for a while, so I missed the birth. That is awesome!!!

posted by Runs_at_dawn on January 30, 2006 at 9:52 AM | link to this | reply

Make the most of it -before you know where the time has gone your

magic child will be whisked away and replaced by a stroppy adolescent.

posted by wislon on January 28, 2006 at 8:10 PM | link to this | reply

Sorry Damon, but I'm with Passionflower on this.

Looking at an infant does not make me look back through the mists of time to see what life was like a million years ago.  In fact, I hate to say this, but your comments rather reek of hocus pocus of some illogical sort.  Infants were created with these reflexes as protective mechanisms, until their brains could mature enough to provide the necessary protection. 

Glad you're enjoying Sam.  I'm sure he's a very handsome little guy.

posted by JanesOpinion on January 28, 2006 at 11:04 AM | link to this | reply

I once wrote a poem about baby behavior for a class

in which I used the words "totally selfish." Which is how babies are, it's how they survive, screaming for what they want no matter how busy or otherwise involved their parents may be. Another girl, one who had no kids, apparently, was highly insulted, "how could you?" she demanded.  She actually flounced away from me (difficult to do while remaining in her desk), and refused to listen to my experience with infants as a basis for my premise. I guess she thinks totally selfish is a bad thing... :) 

And yes, watching your child links you to the primitive past -- sometimes you wonder where their spirits have been and what their habitat was like before they moved into the physicality of the womb, what webs, alternate universes, other dimensions still linger until language forms in this one.

 

posted by Pat_B on January 27, 2006 at 11:23 AM | link to this | reply

Hi, I also wanted to say that we each SEE whatever we want to...

And have trained ourselves to see.

When I see a new born baby, I give thanks to God for such an amazing organism...an accomplishment that only He, in his infinite wisdom and intelligence,  would have the ability to create.

posted by Passionflower on January 27, 2006 at 8:21 AM | link to this | reply

Congrats on the new baby--They are amazing...

The Bible says that if you'll allow it, raising a child will teach you how to be a better person..

posted by Passionflower on January 27, 2006 at 8:18 AM | link to this | reply

I Laugh...

...out loud a lot when I read you, Mark.

Then I suddenly bring myself up short, and I think - Maybe he's being serious...

Thanks for reading, bud!

D

posted by DamonLeigh on January 27, 2006 at 6:27 AM | link to this | reply

I still have that Moro Reflex.

When I hear a sudden knock at the front door I immediately scream and wet myself.  I gotta get a doorbell....

posted by mark2556 on January 27, 2006 at 4:56 AM | link to this | reply