Here we are

United by one aspect

Of our lives

Our childlessness

Combined with our childfulness

A paradox

Filled with joy and sorrow

Each in different measures

On different days

And somehow

Among our many distinctions

We are all the same

We have found a kinship here

That many of us have experienced only rarely elsewhere

How can this be

And yet it is

How can it be that the beauty of the sunrise fills my heart

That the colors are exactly what I need to see

How can it be that the sounds of the water can calm me

That the frequencies are exactly correct to be soothing

I don’t understand the chance or design that brought us together

I don’t understand why we all connect on so many levels

Independent of our stepmotherhood

I can only accept this gift

And be grateful