Encircled by love, wisdom and disbelief, I pushed with all the energy I had left until she entered this world fist first.

I closed my eyes and felt as his soul reached out and touched mine, even though he hadn't said a word.

Laughter surrounded me as I hit the small watermelon with the wooden bat, the fruit giving a humorous 'squelch.'

On a day unlike any other, the walls I had put up seemed to be crumbling, falling down all around me, and I looked in the mirror, and I loved who I saw and who I had become.

When the future and the past no longer matter, the birds are chirping, the sun is shining, someone is smiling, and I simply enjoy life as it is.

When I finally have no more secrets weighing me down, and can be free to fly as I please.

With nothing expected I walked away, freedom at an arms length, he was gone and that was okay.