A Fierce Kind of Love

My little girl celebrated her second birthday last week. As many mothers do, I spent times throughout the day reminiscing about the actual day of her birth. Born as our third daughter, Hadley had a massive amount of dark hair that stood straight on its ends, no matter how hard we tried to brush it down. She had a small mouth and a cute, scrunched up nose. Although those are the things that I remember most about her newborn looks, that is not what I recall most about her first days of life.

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​When I looked at her, I felt my love growing exponentially. I already had two daughters, and therefore, people might think that I could not love a third one nearly as much as the other two. However, when she was born, the only word I could use to describe my love for her was fierce. I loved that little girl fiercely and I felt like I was giving my whole heart to a child for the first time, when really it was the third time a child stole my heart. If anything, my love was not diminished for my third baby because I had two already, but it was intensified by the love that I knew would keep growing.

I see this same intense love with the moms at New Beginnings. Their babies are the reason why they are working as hard as they do in order to insure a better life for their little ones. They are fiercely loyal and caring toward their children, defending them at every turn.

​The greatest way we see this fierce love exemplified is through God's love for us. How many millions of billions of children has He created over the course of the world's history? And yet, does His love fade away with me, his 997,356,328,976th child (or whatever number I may be)? No, He loves me and He loves you the same as His first child He created in the Garden of Eden, Adam. How blessed we are to be a part of God's family and to receive this amazing love!

Beth Shiels is an Assistant Home Manager at New Beginnings. She graduated from Wisconsin Lutheran College with a degree in Psychology in 2008, where she also met her husband, Zach. Along with working at New Beginnings, Beth enjoys staying home part-time with her four children and assisting in Zach's chiropractic clinic. She loves this crazy busy life God has blessed her with and is thankful to have the opportunity to share His love with the moms and babies at New Beginnings!

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