A Daughter Was Born, 1987

 

One year old, day of Christening, January 1988

January 14th, 1987 on the coast of Maine was as cold a day as I can remember. The sky looked like thin, blue ice. I remember looking out of the hospital window at that sky and thinking if I touched it, it might shatter. 

Our second daughter had just been born and nineteen month-old Claire had a sister! We now have thirty-nine years on earth with Chelsea. How can time be so rich and full of life and yet so fleeting? The energy and accomplishments of this child take my breath away. We may have birthed her but she is her own beautiful person and a force in this world. May God hugely bless her and keep her close. 

Even this photo is old now. 2014 on the Appalachian Trail