2 Women Gave Birth to the Same Baby

    Two babies are born.
One is born into poverty.
The second is born into a royal family.
Both are dependent upon the state for their food, clothing, and shelter.

    The mother who brings home a child that will grow up in poverty hears things like this:

"You should have aborted him rather than make me pay for his Oreos and your beer"
"You should have given him up for adoption rather than making him suffer."
"If my tax dollars are raising him then you better raise him right."
"Stupid bitch, ever heard of contraception?"
" How many kids does that make for you?"

   The mother living in a lavish home hears this:

"I hope he's ugly and mentally retarded."
"Don't you have to have an heir and a spare? "
"I am entitled to know and actually SEE what is being done with that child, he belongs to all of us."
"Oh, poor baby has how many nannies? Does he even know his own mother?"
"Thank G-d the first was a boy. Now you can stop worrying."

There will be moments when both moms have a private moment with their children. A beautiful quiet night of cuddling together and bonding. A night of promises and hand holding. Moms may come in all shapes and sizes and economic status, but today I hold both moms up in the light and hope that both may know peace and love. I hope both have kids that have few hospital visits and even less dental bills. Tonight I hope for a world that will know both children as only "human"- capable of love and capable of teaching us something.
   If you have to look down on women who live in poverty to make you feel self-righteous then you are the reason that they still live in poverty. You could always get up and help.  Jesus called the little children TO him. And with kids, comes parents with baggage. You either accept them or admit that you don't know love. If you look down on the royals because they have everything and have never worked for their castle, then jealousy is a mighty lover. You may need to find love for the children, all the children of the world, and recognize that their parents also come with baggage.

Tonight I hope that both moms get to know their kids, and that both kids will grow up to be wonderful human beings who don't hear the negative and won't allow themselves to be put down, hated, and called names.    You can always tell the people who hate themselves- they hate everybody else and make lots of excuses as to why. Here's to hoping both kids are color blind and have no interest in war. Here's to hoping for education and the yearning for knowledge.

Here's to love.