In Jonathan Swift's masterful "Gulliver's Travels" we are introduced to a mighty lot of mini-people known as the Lilliputians. He uses the infamous six-inch minis to allegorize the bloody nature of the English politicians. He records in detail the cruel methods they bounce around to kill Gulliver. Then out of nowhere Gulliver is confronted with another side of the Lilliputians. A side of mercy, decency, generosity and justice. It is amazing the complexity of the human spirit.
One minute our little ones will be angelic in their sleep.
Then they wake to a dirty diaper.
One minute they seem to be studying every wrinkle in your face with longing affection.
Then they get hungry.
One minute they are cradled in your arms.
Then they poo.
One minute they steal your heart,
the next minute they steal your sleep.
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