Open ended

You're about To reveal your secrets A world of expectations A home of acceptance It really doesn’t matter Who, or what you are As long as you’re whole And wholesome And full of life There is time To learn your ways And which way, the wind makes you sway But today we learn your gender So tender and pure A lifetime of discovery An anniversary to remember Today we learn your gender And tomorrow…

The sweetest sacrifice

Wool, as soft as the pillow I lay my head on To sleep, and dream of the day we bring you home Too long, without being able to lay with you and frolic So strong, you’ve shown us how brave we need to be Mom is sleep deprived, dad is working hard Stella and grandma, sacrifice their time with us, for what little time we get with you Sweet, the micro expressions you have no control over They light a fire in our soul

Castles

We at times Look at our hourglass And long for the time when the sands filter through to the other side where we can start a new chapter of our lives But take a moment and ponder the richness that comes from knowing that there is no light without darkness and no pleasure without pain So don't count each passing moment as an accumulation of good but instead, look at the totality of the hour glass as a measure of our strength Of our resolve To remain steadfast even as the weight of the world is upon us But perhaps an hourglass is not a fitting analogy for the time that passes over us As we wait for the miracle to come Instead, lets envision an ocean With waves lifting and sifting And crashing and polishing the rough edges of each granule of sand Making order of chaos Moving mountains with the strength A compounded force Until our ship comes to shore