New Year ... New Baby ... New Nephew ... New Blog!
After many months off from writing on the blog I think I'm going to give it a go again. Maybe. :) I have different feelings about it this time than when I was pregnant with Oliver, but I think that's just part of the evolving process with being a mom, learning more about that and myself, and feeling different about pregnancy in general, especially after the miscarriage. That being said, I found this poem and that it was a great way to start out this "pregnancy journal" - as I now affectionately call Oliver's past pregnancy posts. (I still read them from time to time!)
After many months off from writing on the blog I think I'm going to give it a go again. Maybe. :) I have different feelings about it this time than when I was pregnant with Oliver, but I think that's just part of the evolving process with being a mom, learning more about that and myself, and feeling different about pregnancy in general, especially after the miscarriage. That being said, I found this poem and that it was a great way to start out this "pregnancy journal" - as I now affectionately call Oliver's past pregnancy posts. (I still read them from time to time!)
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A Different Child
by Pandora MacMillian
People notice
There's a special glow around you.
You grow
Surrounded by love,
Never doubting you are wanted;
Only look at the pride and joy
In your mother and father's eyes.
And if sometimes
Between the smiles
There's a trace of tears,
One day
You'll understand.
You'll understand
There was once another child
A different child
Who was in their hopes and dreams.
That child will never outgrow the baby clothes
That child will never keep them up at night
In fact, that child will never be any trouble at all.
Except sometimes, in a silent moment,
When mother and father miss so much
That different child.
May hope and love wrap you warmly
And may you learn the lesson forever
How infinitely precious
How infinitely fragile
Is this life on earth.
One day, as a young man or woman
You may see another mother's tears
Another father's silent grief
Then you, and you alone
Will understand
And offer the greatest comfort.
When all hope seems lost,
You will tell them
With great compassion,
"I know how you feel.
I'm only here
Because my mother tried again."
A Different Child
by Pandora MacMillian
People notice
There's a special glow around you.
You grow
Surrounded by love,
Never doubting you are wanted;
Only look at the pride and joy
In your mother and father's eyes.
And if sometimes
Between the smiles
There's a trace of tears,
One day
You'll understand.
You'll understand
There was once another child
A different child
Who was in their hopes and dreams.
That child will never outgrow the baby clothes
That child will never keep them up at night
In fact, that child will never be any trouble at all.
Except sometimes, in a silent moment,
When mother and father miss so much
That different child.
May hope and love wrap you warmly
And may you learn the lesson forever
How infinitely precious
How infinitely fragile
Is this life on earth.
One day, as a young man or woman
You may see another mother's tears
Another father's silent grief
Then you, and you alone
Will understand
And offer the greatest comfort.
When all hope seems lost,
You will tell them
With great compassion,
"I know how you feel.
I'm only here
Because my mother tried again."
4 comments:
I'm so happy that you've updated your blog! Keep it up- I'm still checking in on you guys :) Hope that all is well!
miss you, Steph
I hope you write the things that you have learned and will do differently this time. I wonder. It is always fun to put those things in words.
I hope you write the things that you have learned and will do differently this time. I wonder. It is always fun to put those things in words.
Simply beautiful. I hope to live that out one day.
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