{"id":1416,"date":"2015-07-18T23:28:05","date_gmt":"2015-07-18T23:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colleenmstory.com\/?page_id=1416"},"modified":"2021-05-08T04:51:27","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T04:51:27","slug":"babys-choice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/colleenmstory.com\/story\/books-2\/babys-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby&#8217;s Choice"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2009\" src=\"https:\/\/colleenmstory.com\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/124766-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"124766\" width=\"250\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colleenmstory.com\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/124766-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/colleenmstory.com\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/124766.jpg 307w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Baby&#8217;s Choice<\/h2>\n<h4>Colleen is the author of the poem, \u201cBaby\u2019s Choice,\u201d which opens the book <i>Chicken Soup for the Expectant Mother\u2019s Soul.<\/i><\/h4>\n<p>The poem has also been featured by many enthusiastic moms and moms-to-be on several online forums, scrapbook sites, and baby announcement pages.<\/p>\n<p>Says <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agrowingnest.wordpress.com\/2012\/09\/23\/babys-choice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">one expectant mom<\/span><\/a><\/span>, &#8220;I would like to share my favorite poem. I have been reading a lot of pregnancy books one of them is <em>Chicken Soup for the Expectant Mother\u2019s Soul<\/em>. I found this poem and I weep every time I read it or say it aloud.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To get your copy of the book, <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Chicken-Soup-Expectant-Mothers-Soon\/dp\/1558747966\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">click here<\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Baby\u2019s Choice<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Did you ever think, dear Mother,<br \/>\nAs the seeds of me you sowed,<br \/>\nAs you breathed new life inside of me<br \/>\nAnd slowly watched me grow,<br \/>\nIn all your dreams about me<br \/>\nWhen you planned me out so well,<br \/>\nWhen you couldn\u2019t wait to have me there<br \/>\nInside your heart to dwell,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Did you ever think that maybe,<br \/>\nI was planning for you, too,<br \/>\nAnd choosing for my very own<br \/>\nA mother just like you?<br \/>\nA mother who smelled sweet and who<br \/>\nhad hands so creamy white,<br \/>\nA tender, loving creature<br \/>\nWho would soothe me in the night?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Did you ever think in all those days<br \/>\nWhile you were coming due,<br \/>\nThat as you planned a life for me<br \/>\nI sought a life with you?<br \/>\nAnd now as I lay in your arms,<br \/>\nI wonder if you knew<br \/>\nWhile you were busy making me,<br \/>\nI was choosing you!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>By Colleen M. Story<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baby&#8217;s Choice Colleen is the author of the poem, \u201cBaby\u2019s Choice,\u201d which opens the book Chicken Soup for the Expectant Mother\u2019s Soul. The poem has also been featured by many enthusiastic moms and moms-to-be on several online forums, scrapbook sites, and baby announcement pages. 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