A Longing
She reached out
and tenderly touched the doll
the childless woman
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She dressed her dog
in bright sweaters and bows
the childless woman
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She mourned again
as another month passed by
the childless woman
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Wendy ❀ 2015
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… a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.
Proverbs 13:12
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I’m enjoying the relationship I have with my three children.
Every once in a while I remember
being the woman in the poem,
and my soul sings thanksgiving.
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Some families start unexpectedly or predictably.
Some are made through adoption.
Some through marriage.
Some families, like ours, are formed after years of waiting
and hoping
and praying.
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Only those who have walked the path of infertility know how lonely it can be.
If a woman loses a baby
everyone comforts her.
But what do you say to someone who is losing…
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