What do you see when you look at this charming photo? I see Hope. I see Joy. This photo was shared with me by a family member. It is a ‘newbie’ photo taken at the hospital of her friend’s first grandchild.
This beautiful infant only hours old, is nestled on her father’s chest and seemingly is delighted with her entry into this world. Each time I gaze on her beautiful smiling face, I am reminded of the purpose that we all are given when WE entered this earth, and it leads me to think the purpose this little angel was given was the ability to bring unabashed cheer to all she encounters.
To think that this child had just made her way down the birth canal and into the waiting arms of her doctors; leaving the quiet serenity of her mother’s womb to be met with the bright lights and cacophony sounds of the delivery room – well, that must have been a traumatic experience. Yet, here she lays in total rapture listening to her father’s heartbeat and possibly dreaming of all the goodness that awaits her in this world. And, from all that, this precious little one beams with delight!
I don’t know what the parents of this precious bebé named her, but I am thinking her middle name should be Joy – for that is what she is – a little bundle of Joy!