I fell in love with you when

I fell in love with you for the first time when I found out I was pregnant and again when I gave birth--to the most perfect baby I had ever seen.

When I had the courage to break up with your father

When you wrote your first poem

When I bought your first bike - and again when you fell off your bike

When you and Ryan built an Ice Museum

When you fell down the steps at Maxfield and broke your ankle

Waiting in line for conferences at St Agnes School

Graduation - high school and Admission Possible

My first Line Breaks
         Willie Ney's house in the winter

When you graduated again

When I put you on the plane to New York City and I cried

When you stepped on stage at the Shed

I raised you to be strong and independent and to think
and to be the woman you want to be - whatever that looks like

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I fell in love with myself ---

I lost it for awhile and then found it again when the focus returned to myself.

I fell in love with myself when I had the courage to look deep into myself
I saw what I was worth and believed it

I left my old life behind and found love