Saturday, January 09, 2010

Enchantment

There is nothing half as enchanting as the moment that the baby stops sucking milk, rests her weary head in your arms and falls asleep, totally and completely. Her little body settles into even breathing, her chest rising and falling smoothly, and you are amazed by the speed at which she had resiliently been sucking one moment only to let the nipple go, her little mouth open, caught within the web woven by the sweeper of dreams.

This moment is especially affecting when you are in a dimly lit room and the touch of the soft glow upon her face seems to light her with ethereal beauty, glorious innocent who has gone to dance with God for an evening.

13 comments:

Ezzie said...

:)

Unknown said...

Ditto to what Ezzie said.

Anonymous said...

This is an awesome post. And ditto to erachet. :-)

-Heshy

Anonymous said...

Very interesting wondering this is a cousin of yours or linked more to you more directly it has been a while i wish you well Chana keep posted tl bb

Ben Rosenfeld

Anonymous said...

Babysitting this Saturday night,eh?
Glad you are enjoying the experience.

Shades of Grey said...

I concur with Ezzie, erachet, and Heshy

harry-er than them all said...

yes. there is something about babies, something so innocent that makes us feel vulnerable, like there should be nothing wrong with the world.

Anonymous said...

You got it backwards. "give suck" is something the nursing woman does, not the baby...

Chana said...

Hey Last Anon,

You're right! I'm wrong! I'll fix it.

Rock on,
Chana

RaggedyMom said...

You know, I often get caught up in the day-to-day mire and neglect to really reflect on the sheer beauty of it all. Thank you for putting it into such gorgeous terms!

Anonymous said...

2nd anon thanks for clarification purpose Chana another beautiful post well done in all actuality um it is my hope you be Zocheh becoming a beautiful person to all society with actions that are done be well tl bb

Ben Rosenfeld

Anonymous said...

nice

much better!
thanks for correcting

Anonymous said...

as always thanks for the words hope t o keep posted more soon enough tl bb

Ben Rosenfeld