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... ” (Beautiful, you are very beautiful) Caught in the moment, I had not even noticed that Alex and the nurse now stood next to me. ... I peered into it, a beautiful baby girl staring back, wide eyed and swaddled in a pink flannel blankie. ... The weight of the child I held in my arms felt so right, so perfect, and so curiously like the brief moment I spent with the man minutes ago; it had less of the intensity and more of the joy, yet with the same awareness of life. ... I had seen the beginning and the end of life, and the splendor that encompasses the entire range of being. ... I’m not sure exactly what I felt, only that it has helped cultivate an intense respect for life; I appreciate that I had the privilege to see life’s beauty, if only briefly, in such brilliance as I did that day.
Approximate Word count = 1222 Approximate Pages = 4.9 (250 words per page double spaced)
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