My Child’s Birthday
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It’s my child’s birthday Oh God, that I may never forget that someone suffered so much to give life © Unknown
He just went dashing by
His eyes are sparkling with the excitement meant only for today.
Presents, kisses, hugs, cake, ice cream
It all seems so natural.
It’s a day of looking back and looking forward.
But there is something different happening inside me.
This should be a day of complete joy
A day for Thanksgiving
But in the midst of all this excitement
I pause, because my thoughts are about someone else for a time.
I have no memories of his life growing inside me and fighting to be
released.
Another someone was there
Another someone suffered for my joy.
But someone, somewhere, is feeling emptiness inside.
I’m sure she is wondering
Who he looks like
If he is big or small.
Wondering if he laughs much.
And in the midst of this blessed day that was given to me
I have a prayer.
to my child.
That someone loved my child so very much that she gave him the right to
live. May I never
forget for a moment and especially now, today, to offer a prayer of thanks
for that someone
and that you, dear God, will always be there for that someone to help her
through the hurts
she will have when she stops to think that today is “my child’s birthday.”