3.19.2012

365 Days

I became a Mother a year ago today.

At least,

I came to the realization of it.


My baby has only seen a quarter of his first year,

But,

I believe that becoming a Mother

Doesn't start at birth.

For there is a moment

That seems to hang gently between time and eternity,

Where,

If a woman waits quietly,

She will feel the light

That is the life she carries deep within.

In that moment there is a joy

More palpable and curious than any other,

That renders her heart subject to greater depths of emotion

Than she ever thought possible.

And she realizes

That, whether she chooses to dim its glow

Or fan it to the most spectacular of flames,

The light will always be a part of her.

And in that moment,

That seems to hang gently between time and eternity,

She has become a Mother.

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