One week old.
3 months old.
11 months old.
My gorgeous daughter today – continuing the ‘circle of life’.
The Moment of Birth
My Darling One you are so new
helpless – yet so strong!
You didn’t really need the Doctor
guiding you along…
Now I know how every mother feels
at the moment of birth.
You caused such pain, such draining
of strength, yet
when you finally arrived in just a second
all that had gone before
was completely forgotten
and I held you to my breast – now calm
then gently with my fore finger…
caressed your tiny arm.
Frances Macaulay Forde – 1976
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