From the Side Line

I watch from the side line as you walk for the very first time. Tears strolling down my face, wishing that I could be there watching you. I long to hold you in my arms and never let you go. It's hard knowing that someone else is raising you, when I am your birth mother. As I see your sweet little face with a smile so wide that I want to just pick you up and hold you close. I hear the word moma come out of your mouth and I ache inside. I know that I gave you up so that you could have a better life, but it still hurts to wake up and know that you are gone. I love you baby girls and I know that one day mom will be able to see the both of you. I watch from the side lines as the two of you grow up to be the princesses that you are. I long to be the one waking up with you in the middle of the night when you're sick or have had a bad dream. I know it just can't be though. Mom is only 18 and she needs to get her life together. So I watch from the side line hoping and praying that one day you will understand. Understand why I gave the two of you up to have a better life then I could have gave you. I love you Aaliyah and Kierra.