2022-05-02

Baby Day 2022

    My great nephew Nathan
There was a time that I didn't go for the rugrat scene. I was pretty coarse and crass and didn't feel I had time to be bothered.

Nowadays I feel that some of my youngsters have contempt for me. It's not really a requirement but I've tried to soften my approach and let them know who I am.

I have one niece with children who embraced me as their Uncle Dave from the beginning without reservation. Hugs all the way around.

I have another with one child who has warmed up to me nicely whereas the other is just as aloof as I ever was prior to his advent.

I have a nephew in the Navy with a son who has never known me.

Babies fill places in my heart I never knew I had. I try to interact — to hold them then suffer their cries and leave them alone.

Since the children of my nieces and nephews have entered the picture life has never been the same for me.

I felt the same way their parents were born.

I ended up childless as far as I know.

It wasn't really a choice but a consequence beyond my control.

Actually I have been told that offspring exist. I keep having visions of the large framed hispanic with blond hair approaching me and speaking of Ana in Tijuana.

This is Baby Day. A day to celebrate the little kiddies and and all those wonders which they accompany ... along with a few of the trials.

Happy Baby Day.