“The sun will come out tomorrow, bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow, there’ll be sun. Just thinkin’ about tomorrow, clears away the cobwebs and the sorrow, til there’s none.” How those lines from Annie lit me up on the inside when I first heard them! One of the few records I owned, I still can see its bright … Continue reading The Power of Tomorrow
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Guard Baby
Could G possibly remember her journey to us? Did her incarnation knock twice? One day when she was about three, she said, “All da childwen aememba.” All the children remember. I held her as she sobbed, “I waited a long time to get in!” Later she said, “It took so long, Mama, in youa belly.” A few days … Continue reading Guard Baby
Deliverance
We went to see the perinatologist in the middle of week thirty-six. Sure enough, our baby girl had wiggled, and she was head-down for our final ultrasound. The peri’s parting words were: “Get up. You can’t swim enough! We need you to get strong so you can look after your baby.” On Saturday, March 2nd (thirty-seven … Continue reading Deliverance
Where I End & She Begins 