Hello, Little One!
I remember the first time I held your mother
Counted ten tiny fingers, ten tiny toes
Now here you are, wrapped in the softest wonder
The newest chapter that nobody fully knows
I thought I knew what love was — I did, I do
But nothing quite prepared me for the sight of you
A whole new kind of knowing washed over me
Like the ocean finding shores it's never seen
They say becoming grandmother
Changes everything and nothing at all
You're still yourself — and yet somehow
You're wider, deeper, more
Hello, little one, hello
I've been waiting without knowing
For the light that you would bring
Hello, little one, hello
You have opened something in me
I forgot was still becoming
All this time, all this time
I was growing toward you
I see my daughter's eyes in your small face
And my mother's hands in how you curl your fist
Three generations held in one small space
A thread of love too beautiful to resist
I think of all the roads that led to here
The losses and the laughter, joy, and tears
Every stumble, every lesson, every scar
Was quietly conspiring for this moment where we are
They say life moves too quickly
Blink, and the babies become the mothers too
But I'm not rushing past this moment
I'm pressing my whole heart into you
Hello, little one, hello
I've been waiting without knowing
For the light that you would bring
Hello, little one, hello
You have opened something in me
I forgot was still becoming
All this time, all this time
I was growing toward you
I have so much I want to show you
Every sunrise, every story, every song
I want to be the soft place you can come to
When the world feels hard, and you can't stay strong
And maybe that's the gift you're giving me
A reason to stay curious, stay wide
To see the world through brand new eyes again
To let the wonder back inside
I thought this was your beginning
But it turns out — it's mine too
Something in me just woke up
The moment I first looked at you
Hello, little one, hello
We're both just new at this together
Learning as we go
Hello, little one, hello
You have given me a future
And a sweeter way of seeing
All this time, all this time
Love was growing us both
All this time
Hello, Sleep now, little one.
You don't know it yet —
But you just made a grandmother.
And she is so glad you're here.
