These Last Few Hours

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These Last Few Hours

It is important to me

that I spend a part

of the next few hours here

alone with you in the darkness.

 

You and I

will never be this close again.

 

By morning

you will be

a tiny person all on your own.

No longer the kicking,

demanding bulge in my body

that I have grown to love so well.

 

I pray God will safely guide you

on your journey tonight,

and I ask Him for the strength,

to help you all I can.

 

Again you signal

your impatience to be free

Time to wake your Daddy.

 

~ Dee Dee McCall

 

If you are reading this, that means Iā€™m in labor. Hoping for a home birth but praying that, regardless of how things go, our little one is born safe and sound. Please pray for us! DH will probably post some pictures shortly after and I will see you soon!

11 Comments

  1. Oh.my.goodness! I’ve been awaiting your news! You’re in my prayers.

    Linda

    P.S. What an extraordinary poem, and so appropriate for these hours.

  2. I wanted to share that I am the author of this poem. It was written a few days before I gave birth to my beautiful baby boy, Steve. It was first published in the May issue of the Liguorian Magazine and has taken on a life of it’s own. Steve is now a 35 year old executive of a large Financial Investment firm. Just this year, he had a beautiful little boy of his own. I gave my wonderful daughter-in-law a scrapbook for the baby, and, yes, my poem was on the first page. It is rewarding to know that my poem is still enjoyed even after all these years. I wish you all nothing but the best. Dee

  3. read this poem, and loved it and has passed it on to sooo many friends through out the last maybe 30+ yrs. and have always kept it all these years…..We tried 4 yrs and then again 10yrs to have a child, so you can imagine what it meant to me. thank you soo much,

  4. November 1988, I read Dee Dee McColl’s beautiful poem at my OBGyn’s office in Upland, CA.
    I was so touched and inspired that I felt moved to adapt Dee Dee’s poem to my own situation I was scheduled for a C-section and I was nervous. Writing my thoughts ( with the help of Dee Dee’s poem) helped to calm me….and redirect my anxiety into creative energy. My sweet little baby girl will have her own baby girl in a few days.
    Thank you Dee Dee
    Happy postpartum to new Moms, and Happy postmenopausal to our growing group of Grandmas!

  5. I first read this 27 years ago in 1989 when I was pregnant with my daughter who is about to be a mom herself.

    I was so happy to have found it again to give to her.

    It made me cry reading when I was pregnant and has even more meaning now that she is.

  6. I first read this 27 years ago in 1989 when I was pregnant with my daughter who is about to be a mom herself.

    I was so happy to have found it again to give to her.

    It made me cry reading when I was pregnant and has even more meaning now that she is.

    I just read the other comments and one is from the author herself. Dee Dee McCall. Dee Dee you must know this poem touched my heart like no other. It still gives me goosepumps to this day. Thank you so much for writing it. I hope it continues on for even more generations to come.

    I put it in my daughter’s baby book so long ago but took it out so many times to make copies for my friends and sisters when they were expecting, that I lost sight of it.

    I was so happy to have found it just now…just by looking up that very last line.

    Thank you again…XOXO

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