The warm sun on my face, the cool breeze on my ankles.
My babe asleep on my chest, her breath so gentle - like the smallest of waves on the shore.

Thank you for surrendering to this, he says.
Thank you for being willing to let this be enough. For now.
We can suffer this, or we can let it become our normal.

So we bake a cake. And I clean the door handles.
And we have a cuppa tea. And cook dinner.
We watch the baby girl sleeping. And say thank you.

By Lizzie, Vesper’s Mummy
Vesper is 22 weeks - March 24, 2020

Banner image: The Child’s Bath by Mary Cassat