“OK, baby, I’ll tell you a story, but you have to promise to go to sleep as soon as I’m done. Promise?
“Alright, let me think. I’ve told you a lot of stories before. Do you think I have any more left?
“Yeah, you’re right. I know a few more. How about I tell you about how you came into the world? I don’t think you’ve ever heard that story, huh?
“Great. Remember, right to sleep after I’m done.
“OK. When Mommy and I were much younger, we wanted to have a baby sooooo badly. But no matter how much we wanted to have a baby and no matter how many times we prayed to God asking for a baby and no matter how much we tried to have a baby, we never had one. Sometimes God asks us to be patient with our prayers because he has something perfect planned for us. Like you, Little Blossom. But at the time, we didn’t know we were going to have you some day. We didn’t know if we were ever going to have a baby, and that made Mommy very sad.
“You know how much Mommy loves you? Well she always had that much love in her heart stored up for you. All she wanted was to give that love to a beautiful little baby. But she didn’t have a baby to give that love to. So it just stayed in her heart. Mommy has a very big heart to store a lot of love. But she also has more love for you than could fit in the biggest heart on earth. And before you were born all that love was stuck inside her.
“You know how it feels when you eat more food than can fit in your belly? Yeah, it gives you a tummy ache, huh? Well just like all that food in your tummy, all that love in Mommy’s heart was giving her a heartache.
“It was a long time that Mommy had to hold onto that love, and for all that time she had that heartache. She didn’t know what to do. It hurt really bad, and because she didn’t know that someday she would have you to give all her love to, she was very, very sad.
“There were days when Mommy was so sad that she had a hard time getting out of bed. And when she did get out of bed, she didn’t want to do too much. Sometimes if you are sad enough it can make you feel like you are moving through Jello. How would you feel if you had to walk through Jello all the time?
“Well yeah, you would never be hungry and your belly would be full, but Jello is too thick to move through. It would make you tired to push through Jello all day. And just like that, Mommy felt very tired.
“More than anything I wanted to make Mommy happy, but daddies can only take so much mommy love. Mommies need babies to share all the love they have in their hearts. So as much as I tried to make Mommy happy, I couldn’t.
“During that time Mommy spent a lot of time in the garden. You know the bench down at the end of the path with all of the bushes around it? Well Mommy liked sitting there a lot. Some days she sat there all day. It was peaceful and helped her forget her sadness for a little bit. So she sat and watched the bees and butterflies flit around. The birds sang and the clouds passed by in the sky. And Mommy was peaceful, although she still had a heartache from all that love trapped inside her.
“Well one spring day Mommy was sitting on the bench, and the sun was shining, and the birds were chirping. The world around Mommy was very happy, but Mommy was very sad. And while Mommy was sitting there looking around the garden she noticed that the first flower bud on the biggest bush was beginning to open.
“She could just see a little white of the flower’s petal peeking out of the green. But as the morning started to get warmer and turn into afternoon, the blossom just continued to come out of its green shell. Mommy sat there for hours watching this flower slowly open and she felt good.
“Well by the middle of the afternoon the flower had completely bloomed. Mommy came inside the house and made a delicious dinner. When I got home from work, I was surprised by how happy Mommy was. She gave me a big hug and kissed my cheek and smiled more than I had seen her smile in months.
“When I asked her why she was so happy all of a sudden, she told me about her day and the blossom. I was confused because I didn’t understand why a flower would have made her so happy, but then she told me that she thought she heard God talk to her in the garden. She said that the flower blossomed like her heart was going to. Soon she would have a baby to give all her extra love to.
“That night Mommy hugged me soooo tight and held onto me throughout the night. Even in her sleep she couldn’t stop her love from pouring out. And in the morning, she woke up before me and made a big breakfast. I couldn’t remember the last time she felt so good. It took a little more time for me to get as excited as she was, but a few weeks later we found out that you were growing in Mommy’s belly, and we were both so happy.
“That one morning and seeing the blossom bloom out from its bud changed Mommy. She knew she was going to have you, and she wasn’t sad anymore. And when you came into the world she showered you with love all the time. And that’s why she loves you so much. She saved it up for so long that she now has more than enough to give you piles and piles of love every day. And that little blossom that Mommy watched is the reason why we call you our Little Blossom. Our Blossom that makes us so happy.
“Remember, Mommy loves you more than anything in the whole world. And I love you very very very much too. So you can sleep every night without being scared or sad or lonely. You always have our love. So close those little eyes, baby girl. I love you.
“Goodnight, sleep tight, Blossom.”