SORE AFRAID

every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man

I had all of the predictable responses. I couldn't be a true pessimist anymore. It wouldn't be fair to them, I reasoned. Hope for the future was now a requirement.

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So much crying! I thought. And then the babies started as well.

sap checked with frost, and lusty leaves quite gone, beauty o'er-snowed and bareness every where