Preteen socialization;
Her first menstruation;
Mom's explanation;
Girl's apprehension;
Girl's imagination.
Bra initiation;
Boys paying more attention;
Her girlfriend conversation;
Self-examination;
Apprehension;
Excitation.
First Communion;
Mom's admonition;
Classroom flirtation;
Diary notation;
Awkward situation.
Softball competition;
Scholastic concentration;
Pimple medication;
Eye examination;
Eyeglasses prescription;
Eyeglasses selection.
Teenage titillation;
Girlfriend's revelation;
Girl's excitation;
Girl's apprehension.
Junior Prom invitation;
Buy boy a carnation;
Night of anticipation;
Perspiration;
Parent's escortation;
Close-dancing sensation.
More scholastic concentration.
Mother/daughter European vacation;
College campus visitations;
High school senior year expectations;
SAT examinations;
College applications.
Senior Ball invitation;
Car date anticipation;
Mom's admonition;
Ball dress and hairdo selection;
Softball home plate collision;
Left leg in traction;
No Senior Ball action;
Frustration (but relaxation) .
College acceptance and selection;
Awards presentation;
High school graduation.
Gyn examination;
NO birth control prescription;
(Mom's admonition) .
Cornell U. orientation;
Campus church affiliation;
Choir participation;
Scholastic concentration;
Ignoring boys' flirtations;
Avoiding temptations.
Junior year sorority invitation;
Apprehension;
Excitation;
Sorority initiation.
Fraternity party invitation;
First inebriation;
Fondling and excitation;
Close call situation.
Senior year Dean's List selection;
Trouble resisting temptation;
Weekly Catholic confession sessions;
Summa cum laude graduation.
Law school acceptance and selection;
Legal studies concentration;
Study group participation.
Widowed law professor's attentions;
Girl's uncontrollable fascination;
Gyn exam; birth control prescription;
Dinner invitation.
Wining and dining and speculation;
Apprehension and excitation;
Her first penetration.
Good times but no marriage mentions.
Graduation;
Law professor's recommendation;
Interview with law firm partners; her apprehension;
She accepts the firm's job invitation.
Two years hard work; no hesitation;
Pride in work; first promotion.
Christmas office party introduction;
Instant mutual physical attraction;
Lively conversation;
Mutual admiration;
Exchange phone and email information;
Same night brief phone connection.
Three months of weekend recreation;
Taking turns at restaurant selection;
Sharing their pasts recollections.
Three day weekends to make parent introductions;
Each time a pleasant reception;
Overnight his & her visitations;
Agreement to try cohabitation;
His place one week; her place next week; a rotation;
A jointly agreed move to new location.
Three months more of smooth transition;
She stops using birth control prescription;
Their second shared Christmas celebration.
He buys a ring in anticipation;
Ovulation.
New Year's Eve in their new habitation;
Pizza and beer; slight inebriation;
Cuddling on couch; relaxation;
Watching fireworks with fascination.
Bedtime preparation;
NO anticipation;
Bare skin touching brings sensations;
Sensations become explorations;
No need for forced stimulation;
She finds his full erection,
and presents her open invitation.
Excitation; natural lubrication;
Penetration;
Copulation;
Perspiration;
Brief exclamations;
Ejaculation;
His exhaustion;
Her satisfaction.
New Years resolutions;
Her anticipation.
Fertilization (conception) ? ? ;
Implantation? ? ;
Cell division? ?
Creation? ?
Drug store visitation;
Home testing for procreation;
Positive color indication;
Call for Ob-Gyn examination;
Waiting for doctor's corroboration.
Valentine's Day dinner reservation;
Candlelit dinner in quiet location;
Dessert and check presentation;
She speaks first, announcing her "condition";
…………………………………………………………
He beams at her a smile of great admiration;
She breathes a sigh of relaxation;
Holding hands as they sample sweet confections.
Check paid, they sit in contemplation;
Now he makes HIS presentation;
A sparkling diamond; a second creation;
She accepts proposal with teary emotion;
Their fingers entwine with devotion;
DOUBLE celebration.
Parents notified; what a commotion! !
To-have-baby-before-wedding; their joint decision;
Plans for baby's room is a vision;
Doctor visits; sonogram examinations;
Naming-and-raising-a-baby books consultations.
Otherwise his & her work & play routine continuation.
Mom-to-be's nutrition;
No inebriation;
Anticipation;
Names selection;
Couples' Lamaze classes for relaxation.
One-month-to-go excitation;
Two-weeks-to-go her mom comes for visitation;
Three-days-to-go strange bedtime sensation;
Phone call to doctor; to-hospital-decision.
Drive to hospital: first REAL contractions;
Amniotic fluid soaks padded car seat cushion.
To labor room; beginnings of dilation;
Intravenous fluid line insertion;
Assuming the ‘frog-legs' position.
Perineum preparation;
"Mom" does practice inhalations and exhalations;
"Dad" stays though craving caffeine injection.
Arrival of the obstetrician;
Dilation progression.
Baby in correct position;
No foreseen complication;
Clock hands in motion;
Baby's head presentation.
"Mom's" time for exertion;
Dilation; contraction;
Dilation; contraction;
Contraction; dilation;
Inhale and exhalation;
Perspiration;
Expectation;
Contraction;
Inhalation;
Pushing exertion;
Repetition;
Perspiration.
Getting close now; concentration;
End of nine months preparation;
Perspiration;
Doctor asks for last BIG exertion.
Out pops baby;
Doctor's congratulations;
It's a GIRL.
Dad's and Mom's exhilaration;
Wiping off the perspiration;
Parents beam with satisfaction;
Elation! !
CREATION! ! !
(Dec.2012)
Though my daughter and her husband planned to have several childrem, their plans changed, deciding, I guess, to have just one, a son, who is a member of 'the Autism Spectrum'.
THIS IS FANTASTIC! ! ! ! THIS IS MARVELOUS! ! ! I JUST 'HAVE TO' SHARE THIS WITH MORE! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! (MORE PEOPLE, THAT IS) bri ;)
Wow! This is more than creation. A long history of a girl's life from childhood to motherhood and all in between! Glad it has a happy ending. Congratulations for becoming grand Dady.
Congrats grandad a baby is always welcome news i enjoyed the poem very real and true to life
my only child, a daughter, just had her first baby, a boy, yesterday, Dec.27.2013. my wife suggested that i send this poem to her. we plan to do just that! but the poem in NOT autobiographical or biographical. it is a mixture of events from various people's lives. :) bri
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
But in todays wayward youth escortation should be reintroduced n d word enacted. Enjoyd yor biological epic featuring d growin up phases. As a muslim im against fornication n i wish christians too wud adhere to d Do not fornicate comandment. Kudos for d rhymin sir.