The Sweetest Card

Until this past Sunday, I had yet to cry at a baby shower. Then I got this card ...


What can I give you ...
when you're about to bring home the moon
and the stars
wrapped in a soft flannel blanket;

when you're already practically face to face with an angel ...

What could I get you
that even comes close
to the tiny miracle
whose birth you've long awaited ...

A little rubber tub for bath time?

Or a tiny little comb and brush for hair as soft as down ...

Or maybe I could buy a squeaky yellow rubber ducky.

Oh,
If I could give you anything,
Anything in the whole wide world,
I'd give you the gift of knowing,
that you're the very best gift your baby will ever recieve.

Sniff sniff -- I've read it about 10 times now and it still makes me a little weepy.