Three

Blissfully content
Peacefully asleep
My sweet milky babe

Genevieve

My Genevieve.
Your eyes are deep chocolate pools, your smile sweet as nectar;
your laugh is infectious.
Little Mama, taking care of your baby brothers.
What does life have in store for you?
Will you travel the globe?
Make jewelry?
Have a garden?
Will you sit amongst great ones,
changing the world with your thoughts, your actions?
You are so creative; always drawing, singing, sewing, making.
You love to dance, love music.
You said you were out of breath but just couldn't stop your feet from dancing!
You are so loving, open, feeling, seeing, caring.
What will your hands do?
How should I prepare you? Am I worthy of the task I have taken; to raise a woman?
To teach you how much you are worth?
To teach you how to treat others, and how you deserve to be treated?
In your eyes I see your soul.
In your heart I see humanity.

Sleep

Soft and warm
your little hands against my chest.
Light plays with the dark fringe lining your eyelids,
the tiny hairs on your face.
Soft and perfect
your rosy lips and cheeks.
I smooth your brow as you enter the world of dreams.

For Gabriel on his 5th birthday.

Gabe,
my boy.
My fierce, wild, wonderful, magical boy.
You are so strong, so soft, so beautiful.
Five years ago you came from me, wet, slippery, smooth and small.
I couldn't believe I had done it.
I had done it!
You were here.
I protected you, nourished you, loved you.
How you have grown.
You keep me on my toes; make sure I don't ever get too comfortable, too complacent.
Ever changing, ever growing.
Gabe,
my boy.
My fierce, wild, wonderful, magical boy.
I love you.