Spun Sugar

You, darling,

you did what no one else in

this whole

wide

beautiful world

could do -

you made me a mom.

And you, even as a little bitty teeny tiny baby, you showed me -

without knowing you were showing me -

my most intense vulnerabilities

and my uncommon strength

and my deepest, darkest

fears and prejudices.

And you also showed me

where to rediscover

the best of me, reminding me

of the silly, kooky, girlie girl

that lives beneath this tense,

task-oriented, utterly grown up exterior;

and I hope that,

somehow,

you will forever maintain

your spun sugar,

pink and fluffy exterior,

and that you will, someday,

discover the beauty

of the strength,

of the steel core

that live within you,

the things I most hope

you got

from me.

 

For my older daughter, just because.

 

~ by Heather on May 4, 2008.