WHEN KATIE WAS BORN

Katie is now a beautiful 19 year old and at university.

Upon this starry night
In a breath of sparkling life
My grand-daughter was born
In a world full of beauty
As well as traps and snares
She faces her first dawn
And we can give no more than love
Nor offer more than guidance
And vow only to be constant
For that is more than so many have

And so I whisper to her

You are made of bright newness
Innocent of prejudice
So to yourself be true
For many would give you their bigotries
Sell you their corrupted histories
But your truth lies within you
You, the blood of my blood
The child of my child
Have moved me beyond reason
At the wonder of creation

                                     By Phil Roberts

Reviews

[Beccy]

How lovely this is. It made me understand, (more deeply than I sometimes do,) the look in my mother and father's eyes when they are with their grandchildren, (three now,) and doubtless more to come.

Thank you for sharing such tenderness on this beautiful sunny day.

Beccy.

[Phil Roberts]

thank you Beccy. katie was certainly the first of many. including step grandkids, there are 14 of them now !!

[charlie]

To be moved beyond reason can sometimes be the most beautiful of experiences. It almost seems that something of the divine is there... Sometimes we experience it as a certain fact. An infallible truth - unreasonable though it be...

[Phil Roberts]

thanks Charlie. I think the birth of one's first grandchild should move us like that. and you're right. it was a beautiful experience.