I love you Carol!!!

My real life, surreal these days, usually seeps into my freewrites. I imagine most writers use stuff from their experiences, no?

I have two of those bookmarks on the mirror in my bedroom, one from Niko and one from Lily, both written in first grade. The last line of Lily's is "I don't know how to say all my feelings." Niko talked about how when he was in my belly he didn't know what kind of mom he was going to have, and he was a little scared. His last line is "I know you are a good mom." It's very hard for me to read it, even still! When will that poem make me as happy as it did when he first wrote it?