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A Gift
by
Debbie Shinner
December 24, 2000

A pregnancy so perfect
Nine month of pure delight,
My first child to love and care for
A future oh so bright.

The birth was so amazing
A beautiful daughter to behold,
Little did I know then
What true anguish would unfold.

The tests, the doctors, the tension
Something no mother should endure,
The seizures so unrelenting
Surely there must be a cure.

No answers to give me focus
A future now on hold,
Day by day survival
How could doctors be so cold?

But I held her and loved her with passion
She grew and thrived so well,
A spirit alive from within her
But physically, unable to tell.

She is loved by all that know her
A soul with true heart from within,
My special child was sent here with purpose
A gift, with a beautiful grin.

 

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