Let me tell you about a day, 14 years ago to be exact. We went to the hospital, Yakima Memorial, so that Eve could be induced, since she was past due. She was in labor for most of the day, finally giving birth at 5:03 pm.
I have always said that if having kids were left up to man, we'd become extinct. When they finally told Eve it was okay to push, she put her chin to chest and bared down. Three good, hard pushes brought us to the brink. On the fourth, Adelle came into the world. She didn't utter a sound, but looked all around the room at the lot of us. So small, so sweet, my baby.
That night, near midnight I collapsed on the short couch in our room, legs hanging over the end. Eve was up and flitting about with baby. After all she had gone through; a day of labor, a brief scare when baby's blood pressure dropped, a nurse with the stubbiest, fattest fingers I've ever seen, the delivery and something called an episiotomy, which to this day makes me cringe and cross my legs at the very thought, she still had strength to be Mom. Let me tell you, that strength could lift the universe; A Mothers Love.
Here's to my girls, my life and my loves.
Thank you for what you do for me
Happy Birthday Adelle. I Love You.
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