A very special little girl turns one today. Across the other side of the world.
14 July, 2007
Dear Beth 
I saw you for the first time ever, just now.
You were magnified in a little glass case, protecting you from the outside world. This safe haven allowing you a few more weeks of shelter before you begin to make your way out here, with the rest of us.
On your back, you kicked and wrestled with the still uncomfortable coldness of this world. Your little chest rose and fell quickly and sharply, while you beat your powerful legs against the air.
You were all yawns, with your little mouth stretching for oxygen. But eventually you sank back into restfulness, your limbs getting a rest.
“How can something so little work by itself?” I thought. Teeny lungs and a little heart, blood flooding its way around your tiny, fragile body.
You were magnified in a little glass case, protecting you from the outside world. This safe haven allowing you a few more weeks of shelter before you begin to make your way out here, with the rest of us.
On your back, you kicked and wrestled with the still uncomfortable coldness of this world. Your little chest rose and fell quickly and sharply, while you beat your powerful legs against the air.
You were all yawns, with your little mouth stretching for oxygen. But eventually you sank back into restfulness, your limbs getting a rest.
“How can something so little work by itself?” I thought. Teeny lungs and a little heart, blood flooding its way around your tiny, fragile body.
Now in all the pictures of you I see, your cheeky character shines through. In floppy summer hats under brilliantly blue skies. Wrapped in towels with your parents doing funny things to your hair. Pictures that we will pull out in twenty years time. You will look at them and laugh at the fashions of the time. Trying to imagine your parents that young.
Happy birthday baby Beth.
3 comments:
Yes Ezi, many memories of the tiny scrap, her delicate little fingers that now are chubby and grasp with ease,her happy smile and squeals of delight at each discovery. How this year has flown and how special it has been to shre it with Beth.
Oh you guys....... Dave has a little tear in his eye.
It was a fab day and wee Beth even stayed awake for it all....a party girl in the making...uh oh! When are you coming home for a visit? Can't wait for you to hang out with your niece! Am going to print what you have written out and put it in Beth's special book of memories... XXXX
*sob*
how do you spell that sound that you make when you're trying to hold back that tightening in your throat?
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