"No, life cannot be understood flat on a page. It has to be lived; a person has to get out of his head, has to fall in love, has to memorize poems, has to jump off bridges into rivers, has to stand in an empty desert and whisper sonnets under his breath... We get one story, you and I, and one story alone. God has established the elements, the setting and the climax and resolution. It would be a crime not to venture out, wouldn't it?"

--Donald Miller

Welcome To The World Baby!!

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Last night I ended up taking a friend to the hospital at 2 am because we suspected some appendicitis action (she doesn't --false alarm). We ended up staying there until 6 in the morning before we finally got to leave. 

While in the waiting room, we sat across a young couple who looked no older than 23. The man looked nervous and seemed frightened out of his mind. Yet, unlike all the other patients waiting in the room, the woman had an unnatural glow around her.  And they kept looking at each other in excitement, whispering, "we're going to have a baby!" 

Watching them, in the moment, it was like I was able to watch something that is not part of this world. Like waking up to a day filled with snow when snow was never in the forecast. It was a happiness, far more powerful than just a snow day yet just as common if not more. It was seeing a miracle in action. 

Hello baby. Welcome to the world.
Posted by Stephanie Vergara at 2:08 PM
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