Beanie

Little child,
we have seen your beating heart
and the secret pattern of your sparrow bones.
We watched you stretch and roll and suck your thumb.
You were oblivious to our astonishment.

I think you are a daughter,
but you could be a son...
and we don't mind either way.

You are precious and tiny and secret; hidden in the dark.
We have loved you since you were impossibly small, even though you were such an unexpected gift!
We are so glad that you came into existence
and led us to this place with your determined little will
and your tiny
beating
mouse-heart.

You have blessed us as we could never have imagined.
We can't wait to hold you.