I Promise

Dear Baby,
I was lying in bed last night thinking about you. I was thinking about how messed up our world has become and how scared I am to bring you into it. There is so much hatred between man…it seems like our world is falling apart. I am sure my parents had the same thoughts as they were bringing me into this place. I guess every generation has seen war, poverty, destruction, violence…

So I thought to myself, I will make a promise now, that I will do my best to make your life the most positive experience. To make sure you never have to experience pain with it is not necessary. I promise to love you unconditionally, no matter what you do in your life, I will always always always love you. I promise to raise you to become the best person you can be, to love yourself for who you are. I promise to educate you on the choices of right and wrong, to instill morals and values to live by and treat people by. I promise to tell you every day for as long as I live, that I loved and wanted you before you were ever born. I promise to give you everything you need to succeed in life and to aid you in your path in life, whatever that might be. I promise to shelter you from others hurtful words and harmful ways that best that I can. I promise to teach you to become a strong and independent person. I promise to teach you to see the best in others, even when it seems impossible. I promise to teach you to never take anything for granted, for life is short and you never know when it might be taken away. I promise to teach you to love your family and friends unconditionally, to always be there with an open mind and never to quick to judge. I promise to teach you how to find your match in life, to find someone who will love you just as much as me. I promise to see you live the life that both your Dad and I along with God want for you. I promise to teach you that living isn’t about what we have, it is about who we have with us thru the journey of it all. I promise to teach you to surround yourself with different types of people, so that you may know diversity and love different types of people.

There are so many things that I promise you….and in just a few short months I will get to begin teaching you these things. I can’t yet feel you, but I know you are there. I love you baby…more than I will ever begin to explain to you.

Love,
Mommy