Around the block again

Scott and I took a birth class series from my friend Stephanie (our doula) and finished a few weeks ago. The last assignment to the husbands was to prepare a foot massage and bring a poem, prayer or blessing. This is what Scott wrote for me . . . Yes I cried.

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We start out on the path of life alone
unsure of what we may find
unsure of what we may do
unsure of where we may go

I found in you
a friend, a confidant
someone that I could trust
someone that I could hold
someone that I could love

I found in you
a wife
more precious than rubies
more valuable than fine gold
my heart's desire

And then we were three
amazing, yet mundane
exhausting, yet exhilarating
crying, yet laughing
teaching, while learning

How can one so young
cause so much anguish
how can one so little
cause so much worry
how can this be fair
Soon we will be four
what will this new one bring
what will we learn
what will we unlearn
how will we change

This new little one
will likely teach us, again,
that our grasp of the situation
is not quite what we would like
to think it is

So as we walk along this path
together, hand in hand
still unsure of what we may find
still unsure of what we may do
still unsure where we may go

I take comfort that we are walking
together, hand in hand
to make the uncertainty, less troubling
to make the unknown, less worrisome
to make the love, deeper

Knowing that we are in this
together, always and forever
God says "It is good!"
and it is,
it is good...