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This drabble was inspired by a talk I had w/ my cousin shortly after she had her 1st child.


Once in My Life

3:15am - P.J.'s awake and crying

"Do you want me to get him?" A worn out Peter asked.

"No, you got him the last time. My turn," I answer barely containing a yawn.

I sluggishly get out of bed and head to the nursery. I pick up my little man who obviously missed the nighttime sleeping memo and, sadly for Peter and I, has missed it for the past 2 months.

3:25am – Bottle

4:25 – Bottle finished…P.J. returns to crying.

I run through my mental list:

Tummy full – check

Burped – check

Diaper – check

Desperately I ask "P.J. what do you want from me," as tears tug at the corner of my sleep deprived eyes.

I slump tiredly into the rocking chair feeling inadequate as a mother for not knowing how to calm my own baby.

I start to rock. I close my eyes and find myself humming…then seamlessly the humming shifts to singing,

"For once in my life I have someone who needs me, someone I needed so long

For once, unafraid, I can go where life leads me…"

I continue to sing eventually returning to humming as P.J. quiets down.

5:05am – Rocking chair - P.J. and Mommy fast asleep.


Hope you enjoyed! Thanks for reading!

Oh and the cousin who inspired this drabble now has 5 children, so it couldn't have been all that bad :)