Our home joys … are the most delightful earth affords, and the joy of parents in their children is the most holy joy of humanity. It makes their hearts pure and good; it lifts them up to their Father in heaven.It sometimes takes an effort to feel joy in our children. But when we do, it's good for us.
Children's voices in the orchard
Between the blossom- and the fruit-time:
Golden head, crimson head,
Between the green tip and the root.
Black wing, brown wing, hover over;
Twenty years and the spring is over;
To-day grieves, to-morrow grieves,
Cover me over, light-in-leaves;
Golden head, black wing,
Cling, swing,
Spring, sing,
Swing up into the apple-tree.
--T.S. Eliot
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It IS the most holy joy, isn’t it! When I think of how I feel holding my little swaddled Starling as I kiss her head before putting her to bed — it’s sacred the love and joy I feel! And even with my older kids! When I do feel joy over them — it is truly so completely void of any of those tainted mortal emotions we occasionally let sneak in with others (envy, frustration, etc.). It is a feeling that, in and of itself, does draw me closer to God.
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