The Call of the Chickadee

Chickadees woke me
this morning!

I smiled.

Every year this happens!

 Instantly, I'm drawn back
to the Spring of 1987.

...I'm walking barefoot through the woods,
six months pregnant with my daughter.

We're on our way to the lagoon.

The chickadees are singing
​in the trees around us.
​

They're calling to each other,

singing for joy
 as they announce
 the beginning
of Spring....

Cheery and sweet,
their Spring song
awakened us,
serenaded us
and
accompanied us
daily.​

​The Chickadee's song
is my daughter's song.

Does your baby have a song yet? 

Listen.
You will hear it.

How will you know?

You'll smile.

Is it a bird's song....
or the song of the river
or the sea?

May your baby's song
bring you smiles
for many years to come.