
I await your arrival with barely contained anticipation.
I always catch myself in a reverie…
Imagining soft baby skin…sweet talc baby scents..
Wondering what skin tone you shall take…
shall it be a rich mocha, a healthy yellow glow,
or dark as a moonless night?
Hearing happy echoing coos down the corridor..
Seeing your little feet in innumerable little booties..
running up and down wrecking havoc on everything you lay your curious little hands on.
I imagine your teething days, rubbing Ashton on your pink swollen gums, and lulling you to sleep when the runs wear you down,
I am humbled by the joy you are already bringing into this world by the simple fact of your existence.
I imagine you having the time of your life, in the warm, dim, velvet paradise, every time you distort mama’s womb with happy kicks.
maybe you are dancing a little jig to the Bongo music she likes so much…
Your not here yet, yet the promise of your presence forever in my life inspires and challenges me to be a better woman.
So, as you grow,
preparing to come into this cold, hard and thankless world;
know that you shall never want
for warmth,
for friendship
for mentorship
for guidance
for love.
innumerable warm loving arms await you.


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