Sometimes when I see a woman
A pregnant woman
Belly full of life
I am transported back to the time
When I was that woman
Pregnant woman
Belly full of life
I think of how I could not wait
To meet my children
The lives my husband and I were creating
The personalities we had selected
To come
To teach us
And us them
About life
About love
About forgiveness
About letting go
When the time is right
Sometimes when I see a woman
A pregnant woman
Belly full of life
I think about how quickly time goes by
Not when we are in the moment
The twilight moment
Of being new parents
To the now
When my children are growing up
One a teenager
And the other a tween
I think about how it is important
To cherish each moment
Each moment of our children’s live
And our lives
Because time marches on
Constantly
Steadily
It waits for no one
Apologises to no one
Does not repeat for anyone
So it is important
That we give of each other
To ourselves
To our children
To the lives we want to lead
Sometimes when I see a woman
A pregnant woman
Belly full of life
I think of how I thought I was the only one
Who had become a mom
Who was trying to forge her way
Through understanding how to mother
How to be mothered
How to be a mother
Without suffocating myself
Or my children
About how to let them be
While at the same time
Being there for them
How to let them develop
Into their own people
Without putting too much of myself on them
How to let them fight their own battles
Without intervening
Even though sometimes
It is tempting to take over
But then I see another woman
A pregnant woman
Belly full of life
And I know she too
Will experience what I have experienced
She too will know love
Unlike any other love she has ever experienced
Because bearing children
Is the closet we come
To being a creator of life
And it is awesome
Awe inspiring
And frightening at the same time
Until we remember
We chose our children
And they us
To learn lessons
To teach lessons
To learn responsibility
To be responsible
So now when I see
A woman
A pregnant woman
Belly full of life
I rejoice in the sisterhood
That is us
Because it is beautiful experience
A growing up experience
If we want to mother our children
To go into the world
As givers rather than takers
To understand bearing children
Is a delicate balancing act
Yin and Yang
A dance of give and take
A privilege bestowed upon us
To continue the circle of life
So when I see a woman
A pregnant woman
Belly full of life
I smile
I feel full inside
To know I chose the best role
I have ever been given
To be a mother
To mother
And to be mothered
And to love
In a way I never knew possible
As I watch my two
Becoming adults
Growing
Testing
Stretching
A warmness fills my belly
The belly that carried them
Belly full of life
Belly full of love
Belly full of hope
Belly full of faith
Belly full of Love and light
Until they were ready to emerge
Allowing me to see
Who I am really
Through their antics
Through their actions
Through their eyes
Motherhood
Love
Life
Everything
Belly full of life
What an honour
Belly full of life
What an honour
Namaste
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