I Love You and I Never Want to Hurt You

January 5, 2020

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is pregnancy and childbirth, in honor of the birth of a new year.

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A poem from an unmarried, pregnant teenager to her parents asking for their blessing:

I love you and I never want to hurt you,

But sometimes I do things to hurt myself.

I'm eighteen now, and this need not involve you;

I turn to you for love and not for help.

What I ask of you is just your blessing.

I'm pregnant and I soon will have a child.

I know this news is bound to be distressing,

But I hope that on my future God has smiled.

No child should come to life except in joy,

And so, although I'm scared, that's what I feel.

Much that I want this child may destroy,

And yet my love for it is deep and real.

My stupidity of course I'm not proud of,

But please now turn to me in joy and love.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Pregnancy and Childbirth

12/30: Creation Is the Proper Form of Love

12/31: Evidence of Paradise

1/1: There Is No Greater Miracle than This

1/2: Gifts Come in Many Shapes and Guises

1/3: Thank You for Coming2

1/4: You Cannot Now but Be Afraid

1/5: I Love You and I Never Want to Hurt You