The other day at about 4:00 p.m.,while I was walking around in Wal Mart, I came across a young mom holding her baby. Me being the nosey thing that I am asked how old the baby was. To my astonishment she replied 15 hours - yep, 15 hours.
She explained that she had given birth to the little darling at 1:15 a.m. that day at a birthing center (water method was her choice of procedures). She and the baby were doing well and had been released. Fifteen hours - WOW!!!! I was amazed. She was walking around like nothing out of the ordinary had happened that day. Shades of the pioneer spirit. She was a little surprised with herself because she said it was an easy birth with not much pain involved. Something to be said for that "water thing".
This is the youngest baby I have ever seen except for my son when he was born many many years ago. This has given me a new found faith that just maybe the next generation is going to do okay. She had courage and a fortitude that not many young ones exhibit in this day and age. Bless her heart. I wished them both well and went on my way with the realization that I had witnessed a minor miracle.
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