It is God's greatest gift to us, packaged in His Son. The gift of eternal life was wrapped up in His death and resurrection. None of us who know Him would deny how meaningful the gift is to us. At that exhausting, frustrating moment the parent wonders where Customer Service is so he can complain that the gift didn't come wrapped as expected. He isn't so sure.
Parents remember when they wondered if they'd ever sleep through the night again.
They remember the childish spills at meals, especially at restaurants and with company. We remember the earaches. The embarrassing moments. At such times, it is not so easy to see children as gifts. She understood that her long-awaited son was both a gift and a stewardship.