Diary of an Unborn Child
October 5:
Today my life began. My parents do
not know it yet; I am as small as a seed of an apple, but it is I
already. And I am to be a girl. I shall have blond hair and blue eyes.
Just about everything is settled though, even the fact that I shall love
flowers.
October 10:
Some say that I am not a real
person yet, that only my mother exists. But I am a real person, just as
a small crumb of bread is truly bread. My mother is. And I am.
October 23:
My mouth is just beginning to open
now. Just think, in a year or so I shall be laughing, and later talking.
I know what my first word will be: MAMA.
October 25:
My heart began to beat today all
by itself. From now on it shall gently beat for the rest of my life
without ever stopping to rest! And after many years it will tire, stop,
and I will die.
November 2:
I am growing a bit every day. My
arms and legs are beginning to take shape. But I have to wait a long
time yet before those little legs will raise me to my mother’s arms,
before these little arms will be able to gather flowers and embrace my
father.
November 12:
Tiny fingers are beginning to
form on my hands. Funny how small they are!
November 20:
It wasn’t until today that the
doctor told Mom that I am living here under her heart. Oh, how happy she
must be! Are you happy, Mom?
November 25:
My mom and dad are probably
thinking about a name for me...but they don’t even know that I am a girl
yet. I am getting so big already.
December 10:
My hair is growing. It is smooth
and bright and shiny. I wonder what kind of hair Mom has.
December 13:
I am just about able to see. It
is dark around me. When Mom brings me into the world it will be full of
sunshine and flowers. But what I really want to see is my mom.
December 24:
I wonder if Mom hears the
whispering of my heart? My heart is so healthy and beats evenly: tup-tup,
tup-tup. You’ll have a healthy little daughter, Mom!
December 28:
Today, my mother killed me.
Author Unknown
October 2007