40 Weeks

I hit my due date yesterday and still no baby.  I'm so anxious to meet him or her, but I'm also enjoying the last few nights of 8+ hours of sleep since I know I won't be getting much sleep for the next 6 months.  I'll be induced sometime next week if the baby hasn't made his/her arrival by then.

A friend of mine sent me this poem to help me with the waiting process...it makes me cry every time I read it!

Waiting

Dear baby, here beneath my heart,

I thought that you might come today;

The timing just seemed right.

But the stars are out

And the moon is high

And sheepishly I wonder why

I try to arrange the plans of God.

For now I know

You will not come until the One

Who holds eternity rustles your soft cocoon

and whispers in tones that I will not hear,

"It's time, precious gift.

Now it's time."

~Robin Jones Gunn