A man and woman lay on the ground next to each other, fully outfitted in wedding attire. After all, this was their wedding day. They gaze deep into the others eyes, each one thinking about the days to come.
The woman: daydreaming about raising a child with this man, and being able to feel the extraordinary sensation of a baby slightly moving in her stomach. Eventually being able to grasp its tiny hands.
The man: thinking of how he would come home from work in the evenings to be greeted by the delightful shrieks of his children, and the soothing voice of his wife.
What a wonderful life, they thought.
But life would not have it.
The woman eventually found out that she was not able to have children, and they wept. But all was not lost. One day, when leaving for work the young man tripped over a well-woven picnic basket sitting outside their front door. He leaned down and threw the lid open, revealing what would soon be the newly-weds' miracle. The soft strained cries of a newborn echoed throughout the house, causing the woman to wake. She rushed out to the foyer in a panic, only to be greeted by her husband's back. He turns around, revealing a naked, hairless baby only a few hours of age. The woman stepped forward, gently placing her hand on its soft head, and began to sob happily. They decided to name this little boy Matthew, meaning 'gift from God', and to them, he really was. This boy would grow up happy and well cared for. He meant everything to his parents, and they were everything to him.
His life will be one full of miracles.
