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A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Guvna B Good Morning I was listening to a seminar on attachment recently and the speaker told a story. About ten years ago he read an article about someone opening a shop in West Africa selling baby prams. I think it was in Nairobi. The shop didn’t last long and closed down within a year. When the owner was asked why, he said, 'our people don’t understand why you’d put a child in a machine and push them. We prefer to carry'. I live in London, and like most parents, I don’t go anywhere without my two year old’s pram. It makes getting around easier and means I can multitask and check emails or most importantly, football scores. But just because it’s normal here doesn’t mean it’s the best way. My daughter often doesn’t want to go in the pram anyway. And the child being carried in Nairobi is getting a very different sense of the world than my child who is being pushed. I’m not saying there’s a right or wrong way, but for the last week I’ve tried going out without her pram. Apart from needing a massage and realising my back muscles aren’t as strong as I thought, it’s been a good experiment. We laughed more, spoke more, and her speech seemed clearer. It could just be her natural development, but the quality of time we spent together definitely improved. It made me wonder what else we do in the West that seems convenient but actually costs us in terms of connection. My prayer is that until my back completely gives out, I’ll keep enjoying the closeness that comes from carrying my little girl and that she continues to grow in a healthy way. Amen