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Haiku-My Children
The Great Divide: I Offer No Apologies for the Age Gap Between My Kids
The sixteen-year age gap between my kids was an unexpected blessing.
Two hearts that hold mine.
My gifts from the Universe.
You are my whole world.
When I was growing up, I never believed I would get married or have kids. My ordained mission in life would be to travel and do amazing things for the planet. When I met James C. Woods, those ideas vacated my brain, and I am glad they did.
Confirmation of my first pregnancy sent a wave of fear throughout my entire being. The thought of being responsible for another life was absolutely terrifying to me. Cameron’s premature birth exacerbated my fears.
The two weeks Cameron spent in NICU were the longest two weeks of my life.
It is a miracle to look at him thirty-two years later and know his strength started from birth. Everything somehow worked out, and I did not “break” him. The gargantuan fear housed in my brain centered around me not being capable of doing for him what my mom had done for me.
We lost his dad when Cameron was only seven years old. This child kept me going when I just wanted to give up on…
