once I was one
on my own
starting out
looking for myself
searching for truth
fulfillment
and love

until I became two
sharing my days
and nights
finding myself a little
but wondering
what more
I would find

then we became three
my son's arrival filled my days
and nights with richness
and wonder
with little time
for reflection
could this be me

now we've become four
a smiling girl lights our days
things feel right
our family is complete
it became me

yet somehow
a part of me
slipped away
buried under
my loving children
still
deep among the
ups and downs
I find myself
and who I've been
searching for
one
is good
four
is better
I feel complete

Peggy French
(Mom)