Several weeks ago, after putting Rosie to bed and sitting back in slight exhaustion after a long day, I sat on the floor against my bed so as not to wake my husband who had already fallen asleep, and I couldn’t hold back the tears that had welled up beneath my eyes. I was overwhelmed. But not overwhelmed in a negative sense. I was overwhelmed with the acutely deep sense of love that washed over me when I thought about our daughter. Looking at her in her crib, thinking about the first time I put her in it, realizing the milestone of her first birthday is looming close, and the enormity of the feelings that flooded my heart for all the laughs, giggles and smiles in between, I suddenly had to write. A marker was the closest writing utensil I could find, so I grabbed it and poured out my thoughts on paper.
I want to share the poem with you that I wrote that night, in honor of Rosemary’s birthday, which is less than a week away. I hope it will bless you in some way, and echo in your heart like it does mine! I also have designed some art prints that are a shortened version of this poem and will be available in my online shop, if you want to check them out. They will be on sale from now, through Rosemary’s birthday month of February!
Someone Should’ve Told Me
Someone should’ve told me how I’d watch you sleep, Caring for your every breath and even smallest peep.
Someone should’ve told me how bright my life would be. Someone should’ve told me I won’t really miss the old me.
Someone should’ve told me you don’t notice diapers stink, that you don’t care about fingerprint smudges, or bottles in the sink.
Someone should’ve told me, stereotypes and labels, I now don’t care. Call me soccer, call me dance, as long as ‘Mom’s’ the name I wear.
Someone should’ve told me that I’d feel my heart could burst. I ache to see you happy, filled. Nothing will ever change your worth.
Someone should’ve told me all the hopes for you I’d yearn; all the dreams and all the plans, how much I’d believe in you at every turn.
Someone should’ve told me, all God’s blessings pale in comparison to you. See the twinkle in my smile? You put it there, this and more is true.
Now here’s my secret, told I was, the someones did all say! I just didn’t comprehend how true it’d be, how you’d take our breath away.
So many people told me, how much that I’d love you. Not only were they right, but it’s just the beginning too.
The softest hands, the sweetest feet, I’m overwhelmed by your smile and your kissable cheeks
So many people told me how you’d clarify to me God’s love, His faithfulness and mercy, our Parent up above.
I only now begin to see how much truth they spoke. Your daily life reminds me why so light Father made our yoke.
To see your children joyful, to see them filled with wonder, to see love enlarge each of their days, these are what parents ponder.
You are the lights at Christmas, the flowers throughout spring, the fireworks of summer, the gold tint to autumn leaves,
The marshmallows in my cocoa, the pumpkin in my spice, you are everything sweet, you are everything nice.
Now I will close my eyes and rest sweet darling, I can’t wait to greet you with the dew. Because, little love I’ve never known a sunrise bright as you.
The 8 x 10 prints available in the online shop come in 3 styles: Roses, Frozen Forest, and Modern Classic:
