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Just yesterday, this sweet thing happened to me.  I was picking up an Rx from Target and this mom and her 2 year old girl went past me.  The little girl shouted gleefully “Hi!”. With giggles.  Then she said to her Mom.  ” I like seeing her!” and kept on giggling. Made my day.

Two days ago, I was in a doctor’s waiting room. On one end sat a young mother and father with weeks old twins. Across from me sat two good old boys talking about fishing and exuding all the stereotypes that go with their good old boy image from an Appalachia back woods. Then they looked over at the parents and very lovingly encouraged them as parents while at the same time lauding the single mother that raised their children, calling them saints. It was such a mixture of messages but what came through the most clearly was an almost holy respect for the vocation of parenting. As they shared their wisdom on parenting with this young couple, I couldn’t help but become a little misty eyed. Our shared humanity is a sacred trust.