April
Birthstone: Diamond ::: Symbolizes: Innocence
The Dream
By Courtney Frey
I see a woman in the park on a bench,
Her clothes are worn and dirty,
And she looks like she could use a friend.
I sit and ask if she?d like to share my lunch with me,
She smiles and looks stunned, grins through rotting teeth.
I didn?t have much to say to her, so we sat silently,
Till the woman leaned in and whispered, "I had a dream."
I just smiled as she began to tell me ?
?There was a girl whose life was sad, her hope was gone
her heart weighed down with sorrow,
She saw a road without beginning or end
No crossroads for her to meet.
She'd lost it all, except the shoes on her feet,
And her stomach ached with hunger.
So she found a bench, in my dream,
And sat down to wait and wonder.
She pitied herself and then she grieved,
Felt stripped of innocence and separated from family.
She had so many questions, no one to ask.
Never had she felt so alone,
Or so badly wanting to go back.
I felt sorry for the woman, for such a dreadful dream,
And touched her hand with my own,
And expressed my apologies.
She laughed out loud and then leaned in to hug me,
And then she said, "Oh no honey, it wasn?t me in that dream,
It was you - don't you see?"
Up from the pit of my stomach came the sorrow and the grief,
The denial I had suffered, trying to survive this day.
The woman saw my tears fall,
And wiped one of them away.
Then, almost like a mother
She leaned close enough to say ..
"You are not alone my child,
there are others that hurt like you do.
Celebrate the day you mothered the infant
That was born unto you.
What you don't know is what I see,
And what I see is innocence.
For you shared your lunch with me,
And I knew immediately,
Before you said a word;
You were a mother - for your heart heard.
And you listened."
Through a haze of tears I thanked the stranger,
Who'd reminded me of me.
I'd forgotten who I was, and what I was living for,
And as she handed me a flower from the cart
From a grocery store,
She said, "Happy Birth Day,"
And yet, she said so much more.
Birth Days
Breanna gave birth to Jenna, April 1st, 2000
Terilyn gave birth to Ashley, April 6th, 1990
Lisa gave birth to Lucas, April 10th, 2003
Amy gave birth to Katheryn, April 11th, 2003
Kristen gave birth to Carlie, April 12, 2002
Lauren gave birth to Cameron, April 13th, 2003
Cindy gave birth to Malia, April 19, 2001
Lisa gave birth to Hannah, April 22, 1999
Sandra gave birth to Campbell, April 28th, 2003
Sharon gave birth to Lily, April 29th, 1998
Catherine gave birth to Ashlen, April 30th, 1992
Laura gave birth to Hayley, April 30th, 1993
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