Forever Mom
When they placed you in my arms, I gently embraced you; bringing you closer to my heart and my love for you held so deeply within it. I looked down at your beautiful little face and your tiny fingers reached across the distance between my heart and yours and grasped mine tightly. It was in those moments when I received my first Memory Pictures…. my first glimpses of you; oh, what amazing Moments in my life!
And in those moments, I promised you that the arms that held you then would be the stairway to all of the wonder and joy that were ahead of you in My dreams; from a hug for you each time you cried to a hug each time you celebrated Your dreams with joy.
I promised myself that I would be there for you always; that I would be your Forever Mom!
And the years passed; and I was amazed at how a Mother’s heart could hold a capacity beyond measure of love for her child. My arms were the stairway from your wounded little knee when you fell to “making it better” when I held you. When your little feet carried you the short span of the distance away from me, jumping with joy…. turning on occasion to see if I was watching your wondrous little feats…. I held out my arms to you. As you screamed with joy and ran back to me, I reached out and swept you up into my arms before hugging you close to me, while feeling such thankfulness for the precious Memory Pictures I was gathering and the gift of a “child’s love” that surrounded my heart and soul.
And when that day came and you left me, I withdrew into my memories. I held my grief within me until the day I reached my arms out to God and realized that the depth of my grief for you was measured by the depth of love I held for you I realized that I truly was your Forever Mom; that my Memory Pcitures were mine to hold within my heart until the day I saw your beautiful face once more.I realized that from the day you were born, I gave you the staircase to your dreams and in that moment, when time stood still, my arms were your staircase to heaven!
