This is Love: Cleaning the Poops

Jun

2010

This is Love: Cleaning the Poops

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More than a week has gone by since I became a dad. In that time, the days have blurred together, and I've spent a lot of time just thinking about what it actually means to be a parent.

One thought came about as I was changing Chloe's diaper for what seemed to be the 80th time one morning. That is, the amount love that you have for someone can be measured by how willing you might be to clean up their poop. I can honestly tell you here, there is a VERY short list of people whom I would be willing to dive right in and clean their poop. There are parents who clean their kids' diapers, and even adult children who care for their aging parents in the same way later in life. So want to know how much someone loves you? I propose asking them something...

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#1 sarah 2010-06-19 06:01

you know what? i, too, have had that very thought more than once before....

thankfully God loves us enough to handle our 'poop' every day of our lives! i'm SOOO happy for you two, by the way. hang in there, dad;)

love to you three!

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#2 sophia 2010-06-20 23:44

fyi.. cleaning adult poop is far more difficult than cleaning baby poop. it smells worse, is larger in quantity, and sometimes, aging parents are agressive/combative/demented. plus, they're bigger and stronger, so it is far more exhausting to roll them, turn them, lift them as you try to clean them up.

anyway, hope you had an awesome father's day jimmy! =D may God give you wisdom, patience, love, discernment on your new journey of fatherhood.

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