30 October 2018 · Sara Marugan
A very special birthday
This article was machine-translated from Sara's Catalan original. The writing is hers; the translation has not been reviewed by a person. Read the Catalan original →
Today is my birthday, but not only that: I am also celebrating new motherhood, only just begun. A new life my body watched grow day after day. Right now I am writing this with the baby in my arms. I am already becoming an expert at what English calls multitasking! The feelings are indescribable: love, happiness, tenderness, a sense of protection and safety… What a joy to see a child fall asleep while feeding, or to see him settle easily on you when he is struggling to sleep, because he can hear my heartbeat and it calms him… He has inherited my sensitivity too, something you can already see in much of what he does. Without doubt a special and much-loved little being — above all to his parents, grandparents, in-laws and friends. Let us celebrate his birth with a year full of successes, blessings and energy reaching us from every side. Love in its purest state.
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Foto de portada: «Birthday cake with candles», de Francesca Cesa Bianchi (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 IT).
