Welcome Home my Love
On June 26, 2016. I welcomed home the apple of my eye not only to a physical place but also to the gate of my heart. This being my first child I would later learn how long it took for me to fall in love with him like a mother should. I spent 11 hours in labor to bring forth a tiny being of 4.45lbs. Small compared to the 9lbs my friend recently popped out. Surely he had future complications. As I laid in the hospital's bed struggling to recover from being cut open in the emergency C-section performed to save my son's life. I laid there wondering how soon would I be able to see him and hold him in my arms. I was yet to tell my family I had gotten pregnant and had the baby. There needed to be a proof of my latest statement it is a boy. Proof I did not have at the moment, I struggled to stand and as soon as I could; I struggle to walk from my bedroom to the NICU to set my eyes on my bundle of joy. I did not know what to make; I did not know which of the bab