We may ask: “How much did it weigh?” and, “Does it have any hair?” When the Athabaskan Indians hear of a birth they ask, “Who came?” From the beginning, there is a respect for the newborn as a full person.
Lisa Delpit
I have no wit, no words, no tears;
My heart within me like a stone
Is numbed too much for hopes or fears.
Look right, look left, I dwell alone;
I lift mine eyes, but dimmed with grief
No everlasting hills I see;
My life is in the falling leaf:
O Jesus, quicken me.
Christina Rossetti
There are two ways, one of life and one of death, and there is a great difference between the two ways.
Didache