A New Beginning - By Edil Rentas Casiano
A New Beginning Today we went to the hospital to see our son, just as we have been doing for the last three weeks. We arrived mid-afternoon, left the car with the valet parking attendant, said our usual hellos, and proceeded to the reception desk where we checked in. We continued on to the elevator. When the door opened, a hospital volunteer pushed a wheelchair with a lady holding a tiny newborn close to her chest. "Congratulations!" I said. "Thank you!" was heard multiple times like an echo as the various family members followed with armfuls of flowers, gifts, and bags. The smiles on everyone's faces spoke of the happiness that filled their hearts. "A new beginning!" I said in my mind. "The beginning of a new season in those people's lives," I commented to my wife Lucy. A new beginning. When one thinks about it, about a new beginning, yes, something is beginning at the moment this newborn heads out of the hospital, but is it really the ...