I once was this news that came to shock my father, a new baby is coming,

I once filled up my family halls with joy and laughter, a baby boy, full of hope and life.

It was not so long ago when I would run onto my mother’s lap and smile with toothless happiness.

I once made my grandparents proud, made them feel their life was fulfiled, they sobbed with joy and made them forget about their past.

who knows now what was going through their minds, what sorrows and pain I eased with a simple look at their eyes.

I once became a child, I ran and crawled everywhere I wanted, making my parents impatient and nervous

Taking them out of their confort and making them lose their temper. I once was that child.

I once was a noise in the middle of the nigh, a fever in the eve of the weekend, a tamtrum when it was not quite the right time…

There were times when I felt the world was mine, safe and warm in the arms of my parents and grandparents. I felt I was so special.