As I write I'm waiting on my first grandchild, a boy who will be named Evan Christian Lee. His mother, our daughter Sarah, and I were on the phone talking about his impending birth. Sarah and Kimon are using a doula as a part of the birth plan. A doula is a kind of birth coach who helps the mother through the stages of delivery. Among the things the doula discussed with Sarah and Kimon was the latest research on delivery reveals that the very best action to take with a newborn isn't to hustle the baby off to a bed in the nursery, but rather to put the baby right next to the mother with skin to skin contact for at least an hour. Keeping the baby and mother close, research reveals, helps the baby to regulate his heart beat, breathing and body temperature. Amazing who would have thought that 1000's of years of human instinct had a chance of being right? wink wink
I sit here thinking about the church and the ancient wisdom it contains. I look forward to the day when science reveals to us, no doubt to our surprise, that there is this mysterious connection with something the scientists can quite define, that helps folks live lives of hope, courage, love and compassion and somehow those folks have more joyful and fulfilled lives.
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