-- a little poem (OT)

[Guest guest]

... I am so happy for you. I was thinking about the " pregnancy " you

will be going through as you wait for this little one. I know that even the

few months we waited for our boys felt interminable. One thing that did

help was some adoption poetry that I found. In thinking about you today, I

found this little poem on the internet... and perhaps it will carry some

comfort for you.

I wish that I had Scrapbooked a journal of the waiting. We have some lovely

scrapbooks for the boys that I created after they came to us. I encourage

you... that if you aren't into scrapbooking... that you consider it. This

is my first year of scrapbooking and I have to say that it brings continuity

to the pictures and events of my life! The boys love their personal

scrapbooks (thank you Bobbe!).

My Child

Meditations of a New Mom

My child,

I carried you in my heart

before you were even born

And dared to dream

that you were real.

My child,

I carried your picture with me (-- think about getting a copy of

the sonogram!)

since the day I received it,

And dared to love

a child I was yet to meet.

My child,

I carried you in my arms at last,

and gazed in helpless wonder

at your face,

And dared to lose

my heart to you.

And now, my child,

a dream fulfilled,

a prayer answered,

a family created,

I have dared to become

a mom.

And so now,

my precious child,

I shall carry you

home.

Copyright Jill Work 1998

http://www.comeunity.com/adoption/adopt/mychild.html