The Gift of Life

Septmeber 6

I am thankful for the gift of life. And I call life a gift because it is nothing short of that. Just looking around our earth and seeing the abundance of life of every kind makes you think it is not such a rarity. But believe me, it is. To me it is extremely unlikely that life could have developed by accident. Sure, we can clone DNA and create copies of living things but we need a template to do it, to copy from. But to throw some natural elements into a test tube and create life is something we have not mastered. Therefore, I believe in a Creator. In any regard, when I look at the frailty of life and how quickly it can be taken away from us, I am so in awe of the great gift we have been given. The first thing I do each morning upon waking is to thank the Lord for another day and for my many blessings.

This is a photo of my nephew Jessie's stepdaughter Tori and her newborn baby sister Madeleine. She calls Madeleine "Sissy". You can tell how happy she is to have a new sister. Ah, the gift of life!

I wrote the following poem in high school. The second one was written today.

life

i look and see the sun in the sky

it is beautiful sitting there on high

the moon ornaments the darkness of the night

the world we live in is a lovely sight

life - it’s what we live for

it’s a sandy beach along the seashore

it’s the swaying green grass of spring

it’s here and now - it’s everything!

© rt tulley

the gift

a beautiful wrapped present

lay underneath my christmas tree

i couldn’t wait to open it up

discover what was there for me

when at last i did unwrap it

there was nothing more dear

the most miraculous gift of all

a reflective mirror.

© rt tulley