ALT-1 Children are a Gift
We have all received the occasional gift of flowers that wilt and chocolate that melts. A gift of something material that you can touch and hold but you can never feel entirely with your soul that the gift of a child brings you. Many of our lives are so caught up in working for a living and being selfish in our own needs that we don't realize what a breath of fresh air a child's laugh or hug can do to us.
Any parent who dreams of traveling the world or being successful in the economy market is halted in their tracks when a child is born to weigh their options and do whatever is in their will to do anything for that child. Often mothers who become pregnant by many circumstances decide on three factors they have. Either they have the baby and care for that child, give it up in an adoption, or have an abortion. Some decide on the adoption or abortion but when that child is born, their emotional mentality changes so drastically the first time they see the child that they decide to keep the child and come hell or high water provide for them.
Children are an extension of you and no matter how you may want to change it they also have some of the same traits as you. You did not choose to have children they chose to have you. No amount of flowers or cards or chocolates could ever replace the feeling when your child comes up to you and says I love you while giving you a hug. Your soul belongs to them and it is your duty to shape and mold them to be the best person they can be.
My life would have no meaning if I did not have my children. They truly were a gift from heaven and the moment I looked at their little faces everything that was going on in my life became non-existent and faded away in that moment. Labor was forgotten.
Children are often discarded, neglected, or ignored as with any gift but their presence reminds us of what we long for and enjoy in life. Their innocence and good natured minds need to be preserved. You can always get a new watch or a shiny necklace but every child is unique and special in their own way. Every laugh, every dance, every voice fills a special hole in your heart that you almost thought was forever empty. To watch children play reminds you of what it was to be that young with no cares only to worry about whom to play with that day and what you were going to do until lunchtime. You are given the gift of reliving those memories.
Many times you will see a mother pushing a stroller with her child in it or holding the child throughout the store. It doesn't matter what you are there for you have to take a peek at the child no matter how old they are. It is no use denying that we have all done it. They are irresistible. The feeling you get just from glancing and the occasional, "awww" gives you just the boost you need to finish your shopping. It doesn't matter if the child was of different race or beauty there is just something that pulls on the heartstrings of many people. You cannot re-gift children. Once you've got them they are here to stay and no sentimental emotions from a material item be it a watch, flowers, candy, or a card can ever take that away.
