"When some of us look at children,
especially when they are happy, we feel what the Jesuit poet Gerard Manley Hopkins was
expressing in a poem called "Spring" when he asked: "What is all this juice and all this joy?"
For us, children are the springtime, all creative burgeoning of human life.
They are not only in that springtime; they are that springtime.
Except when they are ill or hungry or in terror, their faces are fresh
free of the scars of old passions and enduring responsibilities.
They seem to breathe their own excess of vitality into the things they touch
or try to touch. Their surprise (and they themselves are surprises)
sometimes makes us older ones want to
draw close to them, the way a freezing traveler
wants to stop his purposeful voyage in order
to draw close to a warm and lambent fire.
What joy!
What excitement!
What beauty!
What delight!Yes, the wonder, the juicyness, the blessings of children!!! YA gotta love them!
Aw. That's a nice poem. Although their extra exuberance often tires me out! Love the pics. That took a lot of work!
ReplyDeleteThat is such a great collection of pictures...
ReplyDeleteYou little ones are so precious
just soooo
Juicy
Love the young Dad looking side ways at the baby...who is looking sideways right back at him (o:
Awesome! Kids are like springtime! Everything is so fresh and new to them!
ReplyDeleteOH~~These are pictures are just priceless~~They are just so cute!
ReplyDeleteGinger
Oh, those pictures are the best! I think my favorite (though hard to choose) is the one of Rhi and all the dolls.
ReplyDeleteWonderful pictures and words!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness!! I do love children! Your little blessings are so pretty! :)
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Carolyn
Oh, Kim, this post is just precious! I love all those precious little faces and watching them do their little kid stuff! Thanks for popping in to see me.
ReplyDeletebe a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
Oh, I love the Jesuits! My son is being educated, inspired and loved by them. Yes, I think that college loves their students.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful children and I get the best of the best enjoyment watching them grow up.