I know sometimes people are looking for poems to give when a baby is born. I just came across this one today… BABY’S EYES. When the baby’s eyes are blue, Think we of a summer day, Violets, and dancing rills*. When the baby’s eyes are gray, Doves and dawn are brought to mind. Brown—of gentle fawns we dream, And ripe nuts in...

Kristen wrote asking about holding a Baby Shower for a Lebanese woman: A friend of mine living in the United States who is Lebanese is due to have a baby very soon. Would it be appropriate to have a baby shower of some sort? I certainly wouldn’t want to offend her culturally, and am...