How cruel it is – life’s so unfair to cheat a son of such a gift, a gift that every child should know: a Daddy, gentle, sweet and there. A Daddy who, faced with fear, yet dared, dared to love his child with everything he had, to hold his hand, stroke his head and pray [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Polycystic Kidney Disease’
The Gift
Posted in Parents, Poetry, tagged Parents, Polycystic Kidney Disease on May 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Box
Posted in Parents, Poetry, tagged Parents, Polycystic Kidney Disease on May 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Do you see this box? It sits beside my bed. Inside live all the earthly possessions of my child. Come open it with me and think of him. Inside you’ll find the soft, hand knit cap which covered his small head that cold December night. There, see… the smocked, blue gown still smelling of iodine [...]
Tags
Categories
-
Recent Comments
Angela on The Gift Jeani on Still a Birth Doula Training, Day … on Still a Birth sioneve on A Letter to Alexander serendipity hopeful on He Would Be Five Today Meta
