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Maybe as you grow older you get a different perspective because no one lives in a perfect world...some things are really very simple, such as, a baby is a blessing, period!

So many couples who would be wonderful parents never get pregnant or have one miscarriage after another....and you pray that they will know that it isn't a pregnancy that "makes" you good parents. And you see them adopt a little one and your heart sings.

And as you grow older and your circle of life widens, you meet wonderful people who had very different childhoods than the one you think is due them....kids who were conceived in a disastrous relationship, even rape, kids raised by single parents, grandparents, even ones who never knew their father, or even who he was, and you realize that even though their start wasn't the easiest, your life and this world is so much richer for having them in it.

So, my thought is when a baby is coming there is only one thing to say.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Yes people can and do rise out of difficult situations. So do you go around stealing baby blankets out of carriages so they will have that chance to feel the chill and grow from the experience?

"CONGRATULATIONS!" Said one brave native American to another after adding the scalp of a colonial frontier settlement's young mother to his belt and leaving the surviving babe-in-arms alone in the temporary warmth of cabin, burning down.

"Yes", replied the other brave warrior, "I've lived many moons and know many a fine adult who started in worse situations! What an opportunity I've just provided this blessed youngster!"