Getting Settled In

Things have been going well for us. Wife and Papito continue to do well breast feeding and although it has been difficult for us to get into the routine of getting up every few hours, we're working as a team and everything is peaceful. I have created a little altar in our room with a single candle. Wife uses this to focus her attention when Papito first latches on because she is still sore from earlier damage. Also, we light the candle during the feedings because it's a sacred time, a time when mother and son are one, connected, giving and receiving, beautiful mutuality. I am saddened, however, to learn that my cousin, who is very young, lost her husband to cancer yesterday. It seems that life and death are playing out in our family, in my generation.