Dear Asa, Today you are one year old. It’s hard to believe that a year ago today, you were just an itty bitty 8 pound baby, and now here you sit a solid 25. You can stand by yourself, you chat with me and daddy and grandma and pretty much everyone (or yourself, if nobody…
Letters
Is this hello, or goodbye?
My dearest Baby Benton, I am writing you this morning and I don’t know whether you will ever live to read my letter. I was woken up just after 6:30am by your grandpa. You aren’t born yet. They can’t find your heartbeat. My love, I don’t know what to say. I am praying and begging…
And when I stop to think, I find there’s more to be thankful for every year.
I am thankful for the little things, and the big things. I am thankful for my nieces. For my soon-to-be nephew. I am thankful for my family that lives far away. I am thankful for finally being able to live at home, And for being able to cuddle with my animal after over three months…
… And When I Reach Fifty, You May Find That I’m Really a Clinically Insane Five-Year-Old.
Dear Future Man That I Finally Manage To Trap Marry, I was thinking the other day(actually… that was this morning) about just how incredibly gifted you will have to be to put up with me. Not that I’m a particularly difficult person to deal with… most days… but I’m not exactly your run-of-the-mill, just-what-she-looks-like, normal…
I’ll Call You Beautiful Bouncing Baby Boy Benton
Dear Baby Benton, Today, I found out that you are a boy. And the only reason I didn’t scream and jump up and down like a maniac is that I had just woken up and it hadn’t really hit me yet. But now I’m so excited that I could cry. (I cry a lot. You’ll…