First Birthday
The first of many wonderful birthdays.Ten forty-five they cut your cord, late evening in September. The miracle of childbirth, was a night that I'll remember. You took a breath before you cried, a sound that gave me pleasure. I picked you up in swaddling cloth, my precious newborn treasure. The first time you rolled over, you tried so hard to crawl. Now your feet have learned to walk, you've overcome it all. Several little pearl-white teeth, behind your...
