Four Days

Four days in the hospital with three herniated discs and excruciating physical pain.

Nothing compares physical pain to the emotional pain of not having my baby boy by my side.
Four days without the joy only I will ever know. Four days without him near.

Not being able to hold, tickle, sing, giggle, read and watch him take in this world so completely. That is what true pain is to a mother.

The moment I saw his face and he called my name the world became perfect place again. His smile made physical pain a distant bell, a bell this Mom no longer hears.

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