» Poetry http://www.spinatale.com Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:30:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Childless? http://www.spinatale.com/2009/10/childless/ http://www.spinatale.com/2009/10/childless/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:28:48 +0000 Faydra D. Fields http://www.spinatale.com/?p=686 I still have a life to live and life to give.
If I can’t give birth to a child, I’ll give birth to my ideas.

My legacy may not manifest in a child who’s biologically mine,
but I can nurture and grow my gifts and leave that legacy to shine.

I have other mothers whose wombs I didn’t fill,
so not being someone’s mother isn’t necessarily a done deal.

I know that I’m blessed both coming and going,
 and when I’ve finished grieving that’s the face I’ll be showing.

Copyright© 2009, Faydra D. Fields. All rights reserved.

This is the poem that came to my heart yesterday when the doctor told me that I am more than likely never going to be able to have children. I was very upset and sad, to say the least. However, that is his report. God may have another. We’ll see. If the reports happen to be the same, “Hallelujah, anyhow.”

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