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Their early [[Sexual Intercourse|matings]] were [[vigorous]], but [[tender]], and though their [[sex]] activity lessened in [[time]], it remained as gratifying throughout. Mary, particularly, yearned for a child from the [[moment]] she left her [[parents]]' [[home]]. Her life had been filled throughout with children, and she truly was unfulfilled without child noises and demands, [[tears]], [[laughter]], and the myriad [[joys]] associated with the [[companionship]] of the small ones. Notwithstanding her [[love]] for Joseph, Mary desperately wanted an infant to hold against her breasts, skin to skin, and to sing and rock to [[sleep]].

Their early [[Sexual Intercourse|matings]] were [[vigorous]], but [[tender]], and though their [[sex]] activity lessened in [[time]], it remained as gratifying throughout. Mary, particularly, yearned for a child from the [[moment]] she left her [[parents]]' [[home]]. Her life had been filled throughout with children, and she truly was unfulfilled without child noises and demands, [[tears]], [[laughter]], and the myriad [[joys]] associated with the [[companionship]] of the small ones. Notwithstanding her [[love]] for Joseph, Mary desperately wanted an infant to hold against her breasts, skin to skin, and to sing and rock to [[sleep]].

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===='''''[[Parenting]]''''', '''''[[Jesus]]'''''====

So when she felt the first [[intuitions]] that the child had been [[conceived]], her [[heart]] leapt with joy. It was not until later that she [[remembered]] the [[122:3|visit of Gabriel]], which she had put out of her [[mind]] for some time. In fact, while [[Jesus|Joshua]] was a babe, she thought little about any role he might play in the [[future]], for although the term "child of [[destiny]]" was meaningful to her, her child was just like any other, only as dear as life itself. Throughout all the [[dramatic]] events of the boy's [[infancy]], Mary spent her free time showering the babe with [[love]], watching him in his [[sleep]], playing with him, [[reading]] and telling [[stories]] from [[memory]]. She used to take him out onto the rooftop of their Egyptian apartment and show him the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_sky night sky] [[stars]] -- offer him to the stars -- and [[describe]] for him the constellations, telling him how they would look in the nighttime sky over their [[Palestine]] [[home]].

So when she felt the first [[intuitions]] that the child had been [[conceived]], her [[heart]] leapt with joy. It was not until later that she [[remembered]] the [[122:3|visit of Gabriel]], which she had put out of her [[mind]] for some time. In fact, while [[Jesus|Joshua]] was a babe, she thought little about any role he might play in the [[future]], for although the term "child of [[destiny]]" was meaningful to her, her child was just like any other, only as dear as life itself. Throughout all the [[dramatic]] events of the boy's [[infancy]], Mary spent her free time showering the babe with [[love]], watching him in his [[sleep]], playing with him, [[reading]] and telling [[stories]] from [[memory]]. She used to take him out onto the rooftop of their Egyptian apartment and show him the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_sky night sky] [[stars]] -- offer him to the stars -- and [[describe]] for him the constellations, telling him how they would look in the nighttime sky over their [[Palestine]] [[home]].