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To be honest, I wasn’t completely sure I could handle two kids. His older sister, 3 years old at his birth, had seemed to complete our family. It took some deep thinking before I convinced myself to have another. Now, I can’t imagine how I ever thought twice. This kind, gentle soul has blessed me with a multitude of gifts that I never imagined I would receive, and with an infinite amount of joy and love. Now, twelve years later, he still has the same large round head and deep dark eyes that gaze on the world with amazing thoughtfulness and humility.
Jennifer Wolfe
Jennifer Wolfe, a writer-teacher-mom, is dedicated to finding the extraordinary in the ordinary moments of life by thinking deeply, loving fiercely, and teaching audaciously. Jennifer is a Google Certified Educator, Hyperdoc fanatic, and a voracious reader. Read her stories on her blog, mamawolfe, and grab free copies of her teaching and parenting resources.
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Comments: 8
mamawolfe
September 24, 2011Hi Desiree~ thank you for your comment!
Desiree
September 23, 2011What a beautiful baby. Congratulations to your son on the occasion of his 12th birthday!
mamawolfe
September 22, 2011Hi Brenda~ I like that term. You’re right-we just do. There’s some kinda magic going on there!
Brenda
September 20, 2011I call it ‘instant love’. We tend to ‘fall in love’ but with kids we don’t we just do. Babies, just love them.
mamawolfe
September 17, 2011Hi Michael Ann~ I completely agree. I don’t think I knew unconditional love before I had children.
Hi Dee~ Thank you-you couldn’t be more right on.
Hi Nancy~ I hope to be as lucky as you when my own kids are grown! Thanks for commenting!
Nancy Hinchliff
September 17, 2011Really nice blog. My children are all grown now, but through the years they have given me love and support like no-one else. They are still doing it with my writing and there’s no better feeling than to know they are always there for me.
Dee
September 17, 2011The children I’ve been privileged to know during my years as a single woman with only friends’ children to play and sing with have given me the gift of wonder. They’ve helped me see “the world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wildflower” as the poet Wordsworth said.
Peace.
Michael Ann
September 17, 2011Mostly what unconditional love means. It helps me understand what God feels for me as His child.