A letter:
Posted on | April 26, 2011 | 5 Comments
Lately I've been thinking. Thinking a lot. Admist thoughts of I should work out!, the chickens have what in their poop?, and did you really just bust out an infertility joke? one thought has perservered. Thoughts of someone I have yet to meet.
I used to wake up to the sound of a vacuum and Cat Stevens on a weekly basis as a kid. I'm pretty sure I learned the lyrics to the Moody Blue's 'Nights in White Satin' before I started kindergarden. I was taught that it was never okay to laugh at the slow girl or the smelly boy, so I didn't. I helped make pancakes and pick raspberries in my grandfathers garden. I never gave up. I am my mother's daughter.
Waiting to meet someone, to teach them the special lessons you've always known, requires so much patience. I want you to know that we have cedar trees on the property just prime for a tree house. You should know the soil here will stick on your boots for months, and that it's polite to take them off outside no matter where you are. I want to dance with you to Simon and Garfunkel, sing Eddie Vedder lyrics while you falls asleep in my arms. And oh how I can't wait for you to meet your furry siblings and fall in love with animals, learning all deserve our respect.
I guess I'm just saying,
I have so much to tell you.
Let's meet soon,
Mom
My mind's distracted and diffused
My thoughts are many miles away
They lie with you when you're asleep
And kiss you when you start your day
-Simon and Garfunkel
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- April
- I am a RN & natural momma in the Pacific Northwest, married to a beautiful man I adore. Nature is my niche, animals get me. I read and I write, I hike and I love photography. Welcomed our daughter Hazel Annan earthside in February 2012 after three years of infertility & our second miracle daughter Juniper Louise in April 2014.
April 27, 2011 at 2:18 AM
You made me cry. Not "oh, poor you" tears but "this will be such a lucky baby" tears.
Soon, very soon, I'm sure.
April 28, 2011 at 10:57 AM
oh my gosh is that you?? oh my gosh that IS you!!! gah! what a cutie!!
and what a lovely letter :) your babies are going to be so lucky...and loved and happy and beautiful!!
xoxo, em
April 28, 2011 at 7:18 PM
you are SO your mother's daughter haha. I love that line
I wish I was my mother's daughter. I think I'm more like my dad. and that's ok
You and Brad are going to be the best parents ever. I think I'll probably like your children haha j/k I know I will love them :)
P.S. I remember the day you first showed me that picture. I was like "is that really your mom?" :)
May 2, 2011 at 8:48 PM
Thank you all for saying our future babes will be lucky... you are all so sweet! <3
May 2, 2011 at 9:21 PM
Hi April! I saw your note on my blog tonight. I clicked on your name and discovered for the first time that you have a blog.
We really loved meeting you and your husband at market. Thanks so much for visiting! You felt like a long lost friend. :)
Your blog touches my heart. I too, wrote letters to children before they ever came. And now someday Bracken will read it and that makes me smile.
I asked you at market if you had a daughter, because for some reason I had a really strong feeling that you had a daughter and I could even see what she looked like- with dark brown hair. Then I saw your blog and saw you are wanting to get pregnant and I feel a girl is wanting to come into your life. Everything about fertility, babies, pregnancy, childbirth is near and dear to my heart. I would love to talk more with you, but this message is turning into a book! :)
Feel free to e-mail me at: tarynkae21@yahoo.com if you feel like chatting more.
Lots of Love, Taryn