...and now time to EXHALE

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's and father's eyes,
and if sometimes between smiles there's a trace of tears,
one day you will understand

You will understand there once was a 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
this life on earth is.

One day, as a young woman or young man
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 is seems lost,
you will tell them with great compassion,
" I know how you feel.
I'm only here because
my parents decided to try again."

Baby C #2 arriving Mid June 2008
more to come...I promise I have so much to share on all my thoughts and feelings about this pregnancy. BELIEVE me when I tell you I have been on a rollercoaster...mainly hormonal! :) stayed tuned as the adventure unfolds