Ever since I was a child, writing poetry has always been a way of listening to a deeper voice within myself, or beyond myself.  It is a way to find truth, to move forward, and to rediscover myself again and again.  In the past seven years of my life, I have embarked on the most challening and profound journey of my lifetime, that of being a mother.  In these days of euphoria and exhaustion, the poems do not come as easy, or as often, as they used to.  But in these days, I know that I must listen to that voice within more than ever before.  It is for this reason,  in a hope to spark that flame that once burned brightly, that I have chosen to share my poems, past and present, with others.  I hope you enjoy.