Nuisance, Novelty, Novitiate

Some people think that kids are a nuisance.

In fact, I am one of them.
Kids are sticky, messy and selfish.
They take without asking and you never seem to use your inside voice.

Your Papa is one of the staunchest believers that kids are a nuisance.
He doesn’t like to sit near kids on planes or in restaurants.
Honestly, I don’t either.

From what I hear from other parents is that our tolerance for kids will rise. A crying infant will begin to elicit compassion rather than irritation.
I welcome that day, because being annoyed with a child who can’t help it is a waste of my energy.

(Still, to save other passengers from such nuisances, (much to the chagrin of our families) we’re not planning on flying with children for a very long time.)

From what I hear from other parents is that our tolerance for kids may not change – where it’s possible to only be enamored with one’s own children, having extreme distaste for all other younglings.

In our part of the country, there’s a group of folks with extreme distaste for “breeders.”
(People like your Papa and I who decided to give birth.)
That’s the most fundamental kind of nuisance-thinking.

We just wanted you to know that some people think that kids are a nuisance.
We’ll try to protect them from you and you from them.

A Return to Novelty

Baby, one of the things I look forward to experiencing with you is a return to novelty. Over the past many years, I have become used to this life and the items I see and use every day.

Trucks on the road,
Bulldozers,
Scented oils,
Tomato plants,
Pot lids,
A basket of yarn,
Band-aids,
Glitter.

All of these items have lost their magic.
They’re no longer novel.

But with you, baby, they become new.
They become miracles.
They become magical.

I can’t wait.

Welcome to your Novitiate

A Novitiate can be defined as either the time or state of being a novice or a house where novices are trained.
Novices are new to the subject.

Welcome to your Novitiate.
(That’s our house.)
You will arrive a novice human, brand new to our species.

Who knows what experience you’ll bring to the game?
Past lives or old soul?
Brand new or wide open?

We’re thrilled to have you.
Your Papa and I can’t wait to show you what we’ve learned about being a human.
Spoons are pretty cool.
Manners get you far.
And you’d be amazed at the applications for Elmer’s glue.

There are two great things about you being you in this Novitiate.
You can either take that information we share with you and run with it, or
you can reject that information and find your own human truths.

But try to wait until you’re a teenager to reject that information.
We need to feel sage for at least a few years.

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