I was whimpering in bed the other night because I couldn't get comfortable. You were moving around a lot and it felt like my insides were being pushed to their limits. I was really tired and feeling momentarily sorry for myself before realizing that we only have a few weeks left together with you nestled inside of me. While I dream about the moment I finally get to see your little face for the first time, I am going to be honest right now, and tell you how much I will miss having you in my belly. I have loved being pregnant more than I ever imagined. I know the experience is different for every woman, and I feel so lucky that this pregnancy--this special time carrying you--has been relatively easy. Sometimes it feels like it's taking forever and other times it feels like time is flying by at lightening speed. Even as I write this, I cannot believe that we've nearly reached the end! You are almost ready to come out and meet us. And then? Well, then, it's the beginning. Oh how I love beginnings.
I read the following passage recently: it made me cry. This is for you, my sweet child:
"We promise to love you with a transforming love,
a love that accepts you as you are unconditionally.
We promise to comfort you in your pain and vulnerability
and to celebrate you in your joy and discovery.
We promise to teach you what we believe it means to be strong and humane,
and to seek peace in our family and in our world.
We respect the person you are forever becoming
and promise to learn from you all you have to teach us.
We promise to play with you, to work side-by-side with you,
to cry you with you and to laugh with you.
And, as we learn to parent and love you, we dedicate ourselves to learning, more fully,
what it means to parent and to love ourselves and each other."
-Shea Darian, from Seven Times the Sun
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Keep growing, baby. I can't wait to meet you and hold you and snuggle you and kiss you and comfort you and admire you and continue to love you to the ends of the universe and back again, because truth be told: I've loved you from the very start.
Always,
Mama
Awww! Reading posts like this make me excited for when it's my turn one day! Best wishes on the next few weeks! =)
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