Five Minute Friday: Imagine

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Prompt Word: Imagine

For the longest time it was all I could do. 

Think about what could be, how it would feel, how it would smell, how I would react. 

There was no reality, just the ability to imagine how motherhood would change me. The ability to think about how my body and mind would change. How a little one might look like me or act like me. 

Now, well now it’s real. She does and doesn’t look like me. She is and isn’t like me. She is better than I could imagine. More joy than I could ever have believed. Ten years of waiting has been worth it. 

She feels so soft. 

She smells so sweet. 

She brings the light to each of my days.

Imagining could never compare to reality on this one. 

My beautiful little girl is everything I’ve imagined over ten years and more ...