Here Comes the Son

There is something exciting and stirring about a sunrise; the start of a new day, championing the darkness. The evolving, shifting colors strengthening and lightening the sky until the sun breaks open over the horizon, officially claiming the birth of a new day, an opportunity to start a new adventure, make amends, or marvel at the beauty of the world.

One marvel, even though it happens every day, is never mundane, the birth of a new son. Like the sunrise, a son’s arrival brings excitement, wonder, love and eagerness. There is a realization that something miraculous and amazing is in our presence and the unfathomable possibilities that each hour now brings with this new life. This child could be a champion of righteousness, a defender of hope.

In so many ways, people have been championing your life all along, providing medical, nutrition, and spiritual care before you were born. Even the preparation for the blessing of your name, Blake Nelson, was an endeavor of devotion, honor and cooperation, a family’s desire to provide a name of meaning to aid your future days.

Nelson means the champion, a name shared with your grandfather, Paul Nelson Calvin. As a lover of the outdoors, he had to have watched and appreciated countless sunrises, getting up while others slept because he knew that time of day supplies opportunities which have to be claimed, or they fall away. He was bold to take action, but also a man of study and reserve; interplay of structured reason and seeking the unbridled mystery. He knew the impetuousness of love but also its permanence. His love remains intact and embraced and now extended.

Blake Nelson, as you champion your passions and loves through your life, know that you are armed with the support of family within and beyond your house walls. Be encouraged by the rich heritage of your being, all the heroes and characters that blended together to make only you. Be attuned to complexities and diverseness that enlarge the brain and heart, usually truth lies somewhere in between. Be aware of the sunrise, and awake to its hopes and possibilities. We are enthralled to watch you burgeon like the sun’s rays claiming each new day. Go forth!