A poem for my daughter

SECOND BIRTHDAY…..

My darling little Ebony Grace
Now I’ve finally seen your face
It lives in my heart, where I know it will stay
Because here in my life you are every day

In a matter of days you will amazingly turn two
Yet the days we’ve been together seem all too few
It is almost 8 months since you were placed in my arms
You were smiling and waving – amazingly calm

I never really knew how much life would change
But there’s not one thing that I’d re-arrange
I couldn’t have ‘made’ you more perfect for me
If my own body had made you - that I can see

I love you my girl with a love so intense
I know when I look at you why it makes sense
You’re perfect for me – you challenge my soul
And yet every day you make part of me whole

Really, the story has only begun
The years lay ahead with mountains of fun
I know there’ll be stumbles in our journey’s miles
I hope we can both learn how to laugh and to smile

Because God had a plan – a purpose it seems
And it wasn’t only to fulfil my hearts dreams
He wants you to know Him to love Him to care
For many other people, living out there

Have compassion my child as you walk through this life
I know that I know there will always be strife
But loving and caring for those that you meet
I promise will help make your life more complete

As we celebrate together this first special birthday
There’s one other person who can’t have her say
I think of the woman whose heart it must break
As she relives the choice that she had to make

Two years ago you were safe in her tummy
If life had been different you would have called her mummy
But life dealt a blow that she couldn’t escape
A policy in China determining both your fate

I think of her often and shed tears for her pain
The decision she made has helped keep me sane
I pray every day that God keeps her calm
And helps her to know that her child’s free from harm
Safe and protected and happy as could be
Living her life here – loved and cherished by me.

Written by mummy 17^th August : 2007