"ANNIE'S SONG"
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The heavens opened and I was finally getting my wish. It had been a long hard road to this point and I knew there was a chance I might never do this again. I held on to every moment, even when the air conditioning went out and I sat with my feet in a bucket of ice water.
There was a popular John Denver song that tugged at me. I remember piecing a baby quilt, sewing tiny little squares together and singing along with the radio...
"Annie's Song"
You fill up my senses like a night in the forest,
Like the mountains in springtime, like a walk in the rain,
Like a storm in the desert, like a sleepy blue ocean.
You fill up my senses, come fill me again.
I felt so connected to that tiny unborn spirit... I must have sung that song a hundred times waiting for her birth.
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On July 29, 1981 I set my alarm for 3:00 am intent on watching Lady Diana marry Prince Charles. I lay propped up on my pillows when suddenly she stretched and my water broke. Now the cheering from the crowds on the TV seemed to be for me... today we are having a baby.
Everything went like clockwork. With an epidural and a short three and a half hour labor my sweet baby girl was born. We named her... Annie
She was whisked off to the nursery and I was wheeled to my room. Before long, a nurse with a very puzzled look on her face, brought her to me and said ... "Your baby is singing" Indeed, I had heard her all the way down the hall. I held her close, her melody was ethereal and I already knew the lyrics.
Before my children were born I couldn't imagine who was coming... after, I couldn't imagine life without them.
