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Giving thanks and feeling hopeful

11/26/2015

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Portraits: Early maternity photos in the woods. Self portraits by Calm Cradle Photo & Design
I'm posting these photos today because I believe new life means hope for the future—hope for the individuals who are lucky enough to welcome that little life and learn from it, and for all of us as a whole.

The world seems to be falling apart around us lately (but isn't it always?). As we give thanks today, refugees are streaming from their homes in fear. Many families are burying loved ones taken by senseless violence. And my family is trying to recover from a significant loss of our own.

Even so, my heart is grateful. At the top of my mind right now are our incredible teachers, who are helping to shape our children into the strong, creative and giving people we want them to be; our medical providers, whose expertise and counsel have pulled us all through a tough and tearful month; and our little boy or girl,  who is halfway cooked and will, if all goes well, be joining us in March or April. I am acutely aware of how lucky we are.

As I watch my friends and family, whether they have little ones crawling or solving algebra equations or who are still just a dream in their parents' hearts, I see the next generation springing up around me and boy does it look hopeful. We can all be grateful that perhaps, thanks to these little loves, the future will be more peaceful than the present. (Although my kids are beating each other up as I write, so maybe I have it all wrong. Sigh.)

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
Portraits: Early maternity photos in the woods. Self portraits by Calm Cradle Photo & Design
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