I carry you with pride,
Your little arms and legs and heart
Growing inside my body.
There's nothing I want more
Than the day I will hold you in my arms.

Your heart is a part of my heart,
And your face, a part of my face.
Making your smile a part of my smile.

Will you look like me?
Will you look like Papa?
Will you look like us both,
With features from him,
And features from me?

It's something I wonder about, sometimes,
Yet, I won't know until that first moment,
When I lay my eyes on you.

Your spirit is wild and free,
This I already know.
And your sense of humor
Was one of the first things to develop.

I feel you moving at the funniest times.
If I tell a joke, you move.
I wonder, are you laughing?

You live within my body for now,
But within my heart forever.
How could this mother not love her child,
When, before I have seen you,
You have brought me great joy?

You will be loved always, my darling angel...
Love, Mama