{"id":912,"date":"2011-05-01T11:30:18","date_gmt":"2011-05-01T11:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mojitomother.com\/?p=912"},"modified":"2013-08-30T01:52:52","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T15:52:52","slug":"breath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mojitomother.com\/2011\/05\/breath\/","title":{"rendered":"Breath"},"content":{"rendered":"
When Kalyra was born an\u00a0unrecognisable\u00a0fear washed over me that she would be taken from me. I think this is something all parents become paranoid and fearful about.<\/p>\n
The love you feel for your child is so frightening in its depth that you can’t help but fear that the monsters hiding in the shadows are just waiting to steal away your joy.<\/p>\n
The only way for me to check if Kalyra was okay and\u00a0staying\u00a0with me was to listen to her breath. She was too little and bundled up to make any movements, so I would often lean over and place my ear to her mouth just so I could hear that tiny little intake that let me know that life was very much beating.<\/p>\n
That one tiny breath would in turn allow me to exhale a deep breath of relief. \u00a0The light of my life was not leaving me for another night.<\/p>\n
I began to understand just how precious the simple act of breath is. It is the only thing that counts, the only thing we ever really need worry about. As long as we have that, we have everything.<\/p>\n