Becoming Mommy

Motherhood is a gift that has no comparison. We as women are often mothers without having given birth.

This is a shout out to all of us. All the mothers, aunties and stepmoms that are nurturing tiny beings that look to us for strength and praise. We are the backbone of our next chapter. We should never forget what we do on the daily. Here is a poem that I wrote about my daughter. Dr. Amber. She is my greatest accomplishment.

My Babygirl

~ By Karolyn Denson Landrieux

Babygirl

The first time that I held you after your first breath of life, I knew

Actually I knew from the first flutter I felt in my belly. It felt like tiny butterfly wings. And I knew you

I had dreamed of you before you were born. A golden child with golden hair and golden eyes

Surrounded by the brightest of lights.

I knew you

I knew your name and refused all others because I knew you

I watched you dance and sing and play and grow

Holding you in this photo under the evergreen trees, my arms wrapped around you, your hands making certain that they don’t move from this comfort

Anchoring me to you

Secure

This is everything that we are to each other.

Boo Boo to my Yogi

Vacations and road-trips

Movings, San Francisco, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Monroeville. Then to university and on to medical school, Philadelphia, Baltimore, residency, fellowship, the first house that you bought. Mattress tied to the roof of your yellow car. Torrential rains, took a week to get dry but you were back home

Now, here you are, doctor, mother, scientist, writer, researcher, artist and motivational speaker

Dynamic

Golden

Phenomenal

It amazes me still that I got to be the one to bring you to us earthlings. Me Lucky me

My Babygirl