A Baby Sleeps On Her Aunt's Expecting Belly
Picture Challenge Day 1

     To see Maci, (my niece), sleeping on Kristin's, (my wife's), stomach is an amazing simple joy.  So many awful stories float around the world, it lifts one's spirits to see an image so perfect.
     Here, before my lens, are two people.  Both feel so much love from the people who are most important to them.  Both are able to sleep easily and safely in the home we created.
     Kristin has found someone who loves her and has created a world with him.  A world of laughter and smiles.  A world most people do not think exists.  A world that is safe and happy that she could feel comfortable enough to bring new life in to, to join her family.
     Maci only knows joy and love.  When she awakes from her nap, she will open her eyes to a world that is fresh and new.  Her smile will be revealed almost as quickly as her bright blue pupils.  You might think she is only smilng because she is naive.  That she is unaware of all the world's problems because she is so insulated and protected.  You would be right, but her world is still real.
     There are no fake lives.  Her happiness is genuine, she does not even know the word for lie or understand the purpose.  If it is real, if her happiness is a part of the world, then it matters.  Happiness can exist.  Love can thrive, even in a world of so much insanity.  If it exists for us, if it is present in this picture at this moment in time, then, there is hope.
     Happiness can exist for all the world.  Happiness is a possibility.  Contentment is a possible life, today, right now.