Sometimes god seems like he is far away or distant from you. Sometimes god seems so close to you that you can feel him. No matter how far or near god seems he is always with you. That happened to me the morning of December 26. You see my wife and I had our daughter, Josephine Noelle Cook, born at 3:25 a.m. the day after Christmas. Baby and mommy are healthy and happy. We consider Josephine as our Christmas present from god. That is why she has the middle name Noelle. Christine and I are in our forties and didn't plan on having children. We both have also been married before and didn't think we would do that again. As we know, it is not what we have planned for our lives, it is what god has planned for us. He has blessed us in so many ways and I want to thank him. It is a good thing that we have a patient god, just like a good father, because he needed a lot of patience with me. As I said before, sometimes god is so close to you that you can feel his breath. After Josephine was born and mommy and her were resting I went home. When I got into my car the song the first noel was playing on the radio. At that moment I knew Josephine Noelle Cook is part of his plan and what a blessing he gives us. I sat and cried and thanked my father god for the awesome Christmas present he has given our family. The gift of life.