The last time

I've had this poem saved on my phone for months with the intent to post and it gets me everytime I read it, such true true words. My life hasn't been the same since May 14, 2011, but I wouldn't have it any other way. Not for all the sleep, money, or wine, in the world!

The Last Time

From the moment you hold your baby in your arms you will never be the same

You might long for the person you were before

When you had freedom and time and nothing in particular to worry about

You will know tiredness like you never knew it before

And days will run into days that are exactly the same

Full of feedings and burping, Nappy changes and crying

Whining and fighting, 

Naps or lack of naps

It might seem like a never-ending cycle

But don’t forget….

There is a last time for everything

There will come a time when you will feed your baby for the very last time

They will fall asleep on you after a long day and it will be the last time you every hold your sleeping child

One day you will carry them on your hip then set them down and never pick them up that way again

You will scrub their hair in the bath at night and from that day on they will want to bathe alone

They will hold your hand to cross the road then never reach for it again

They will creep into your room at midnight for cuddles

And it will be the last night you ever wake to this

One afternoon you will sing “the wheels on the bus” and do all the actions then never sing them that song again

They will kiss you good-bye at the school gate then the next day they will ask to walk to the gate alone

You will read a final bedtime story and wipe your last dirty face

They will run to you with arms raised for the very last time

The thing is, you won’t even know it’s the last time

Until there are no more times…and even then, it will take you a while to realize

So while you are living in these times, remember there are only so many of them and when they are gone, you will yearn for just one more day of them.

For one last time

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