Right now you're laying on my bed, on a pillow, so enthralled with the world. You are this soft little melody- my heart playing a soft song that can breathe and look around. Your brothers are drums and trumpets and songs of laughter and rousing tunes of love but you- you are the soft songs that hearts sing.
Your giggle instantly warms me right up. Your big blue eyes are like little oeans that soak up everything but when they find just Mommy- that's something. Today you met your last surviving Great Grandparent. The only one who gets to see you in life. She cried seeing you. Leaving her, I cried too. You are what is to come. What she may not fully know on this earth, you are the legacy left behind. She got to hold you, kiss you, hear the melody that I heart. Your Grandma Leah is the kind of soul that can hear that song too.
You giggle at me. Laughing at some unknown thing but Mommy's there. You turn your head, once again busy with the world around you. This is a moment in time I could hold to forever. I pray you get the careful calm of your Father. The sensitive of your Mother and the strength of your brothers. You are one incredibly beautiful little child. Never forget it or let anyone tell you differently. There is such a radiance in you. Your name means "Bright One" and you were perfectly named. You shine. This tiny little being, barely here in the world and you shine. You are so loved by those around you, I know you'll continue to shine. You are this bright star in my heart little girl.
Someday, when you a hold a baby of your own, you'll hear this song too. You'll know what it means to love someone so much. A love that comes softly and all at once. A love that makes you smile and cry. A love that means so much in something so small. I hope I'm there, and you call me and say "I get it now Mom. I can hear the song now Mom." It's a thing in your bones. Love runs deep dearie.
Right now, I'm cherishing your little fingers. Your baby sounds and baby smells. Your silly faces and funny looks. All the things that make you this precious being. You are my daughter. A piece of my heart running around.
"I will love you forever.
I will like you for always.
As long as I'm living-
My baby you'll be. "
-Robert Munsch.
Love,
Mom