In which my milk lets down.

Dear Bella,

Thank you ever so much for your continual smiles, joyous perspective, unconditional love, and the general spice you add to life. You make every moment of motherhood worthwhile. Every moment.

But thank you especially for your sweet gift to me this Mother's Day, my name. Following months and months of Daddee, you've said Mum twice this week, a sweet little word that melts my heart in the way no other can. I hope someday you, too, will know the love that flows out of that word.

Thank you, darling. I love you to pieces.

mama