Nathan

My baby will turn 16 on Sunday, and the memories of his birth are flooding my mind. I was so worried all during my pregnancy that something would be wrong with him, and I was so relieved when he was born and was perfect. Relieved until the day we were to leave the hospital, and he stopped breathing. The fear and dread took up residence in my stomach then, and didn't move out until months later.  He finally did come home, with an apnea monitor that would beep loudly when he stopped breathing, which was all the time.  The next year is a blur, because I worked  full-time and took care of both kids, while Steve worked out of town. It was the most stressful and exhausting time of my life. 

Of course, while I wouldn't want to relive those days, I also wouldn't trade them for anything.  Today Nathan is a happy, healthy young man with his whole life ahead of him.  I am grateful to God for him and pray that God continues to watch over him and bless him as He has from the beginning.

Baby Love

by

Donna Howard

     There is nothing more special on this earth,

than the first time you hold your child after his birth.

     His tiny cry is much like a song, 

the one you've waited to hear for so long.

     A little baby always smells so sweet,

from the tip of his head to his tiny little feet.

     Baby hair so soft and fine,

the way his ears stick out when you look at him from behind.

     His pudgy face with the little button nose,

oh, how his looks change with every inch he grows!

     His laugh really brightens my day,

and I take great joy in watching him play.

          Before you know it, he learns how to walk,

by then you are an expert at "Baby Talk".

   Who says a mother's days are not full,

watching a toddler run, push and pull.

     The way he greets his daddy at the end of the day,

   saying, "Come on, Daddy, come on, let's go play!"

     His daddy will say, "Who's boy are you?"

and he'll reply, "I'm your boy, Daddy, but I'm Mommy's boy, too."

     Take it from me, they grow too fast,

you turn around and their 18th birthday has passed.

     Learn this lesson from me, for I know,

take time each and every day and watch them as they grow.

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