I Choose You

I Choose You

Hoping and praying
Planning and waiting for you
Oh what a sweet thing 
Our tiny blessing
I loved you the moment I knew you 

I choose you 
God chose you for me 
Perfectly made 
And perfect for me
And mine you’ll always be 

So unexpected 
Left empty handed 
Without you 
Crying and aching 
Pleading and praying 
You’d come back to me 
But through the pain I sing 

I choose you 
God chose you for me
Perfectly made 
And perfect for me 

I choose you with every beat of my heart
Over and over again 
I choose you with all of the breath in my lungs 
Until the moment when 
I look into your eyes
And you say

I choose you 
God chose you for me
All of the times you said it to me
Mommy, I heard you, it sounded so sweet
And now we’re together
You and me 
And together we’ll always be 

“If I could choose from all the babies in the world, if I was offered the choice to give up the time I had with you for the certainty of a living baby, I hope you know this: 
I would still choose you.”
~Emily Long