To HannahRose!

I wrote this whilst nursing my youngest about a year ago.

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We sit here, we two in our big comfy chair
I am here with you but my mind can’t help but wander
Images and imagined noises filling my head my eyes close with yours
What it must be like to try and nurse a baby with bombs going off nearby
Threat of an armed stranger exploding through the door at any given moment
Not knowing where the next meal will come from, will we have to leave this place?
Oh Hannah, my sweet little rose, with your face nestled into my breast asleep
This motionless moment frozen in time, etched in my memory, why did you come?
I will make a promise to you, I will teach you what you need to survive here.
You will need to be a warrior, not for war, in spirit, in strength, in resolve.  In character. 
What I don’t know, we will learn together, what I don’t know you may teach me 

I will make a promise to you,
I will do all I can to stop the madness, to find a better, more peaceful way 
If I can’t stop it, I am sorry
I will do all I can imagine. 
To you, this I promise.

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So here I am.  As promised. An uneducated schmoe, out in the sticks. Blogging.
Why do you blog?  What brought you here?
Thanks Pfiore, you inspire me!

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    • KrisC on September 21, 2007 at 19:33
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    the damned “Save” button?
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  1. Rose Emma
    and
    Hannah Frances

    ill commit to your promise as well.  for all hannahs and roses everywhere..

    • byteb on September 21, 2007 at 20:00

    Yikes! You have the heart of a poem and the gift of words that touch hearts!!

    No more talk like that…please. 🙂

    Your daughters are very lucky.

    • byteb on September 21, 2007 at 20:01

    must read over comment before posting.

    • tjb22 on September 21, 2007 at 22:02

    Hannah is lucky to have such a mother.

  2. and a bit sad that we have to make such promises to our children, but we DO!

    just achingly lovely – thank you

    • Diane G on September 22, 2007 at 14:53

    Absolute beauty and truth.

    Yeah, I’m going for the kleenex too.

  3. very nice Kris, from one uneducated schmoe to another, peace.

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