29 years ago in a small hospital somewhere in small town USA, a little girl was born. The pregnancy was nothing out of the ordinary, and the labor was hard, but then again, aren’t all first time deliveries hard? The parents were young, working-class, humble, but good looking parents who just wanted a healthy baby to have for their own.
After the months of growing in her mother’s womb, and the encouraging word from the nurse to “Push!”, these shocking words were heard. ”This baby is naked!” and a hush fell over the delivery room. The doctors and nurses were happy that mom had been sedated and dad was not in the delivery room. After cleaning her naked body, they quickly wrapped the baby in a blanket and brought her to her mother and laid her in her arms as if she had never been born naked.
Years past and the baby grew and so did her cloths. She became very aware of her desire to wear clothes that were stylish and colorful, but most of all that covered her. Many times her mother would walk into the bathroom and find her sitting naked in a tub of water. It was often wondered if there was something that was deeply rooted inside her that drove her to the urges to sit naked in a tub. Others claimed it was just a bath.
As the girl grew the tub incidents became acceptable and the parents quit looking for such activities hoping that wearing cloths would be the “norm” and that soon this little girl that they loved so much would find friends in school and direction in life that would never trigger the instincts that must be continually driving her every action.
Today that little, naked born girl is 29 years old and has children of her own who were born naked too. These are precious to me, because that little girl I have been talking about is my daughter and her children, my grand children.
I know that others struggle with this topic and that it is not a common subject of discussion, but I vowed that I would not rest until we find a way to help every child that is born naked. My daughter has lived as a productive member of society and deals with the public everyday on her job and unless you were told, you might never know that she was born naked.
No, she is not perfect and yes, she wears nice clothes now, but on that day, 29 years ago my daughter was born naked, and I love her. Happy Birthday Cristi!
