Jullyce Martinez

NATHALIE

I know how it feels to lose your child

It’s a very bad feeling

It’s a very big knot inside your chest

that you wouldn’t even believe it.

On July 1st 1995,

I was the happiest aunt alive.

My sister gave birth to the niece I call my daughter

Her name is Nathalie and I am all for her.

She weighed 7 lbs. 6 oz.

with black silky hair.

I picked her up and she smiled at me

and I told her that I would always be there.

She’s growing up now, a second grader in school;

she’s smart enough

and gets good grades

but sometimes acts a fool.

I used to see her every day

but now she lives with her mom

When I go home she’s not there

I feel kind of glum.

The love I have for her will never end

she’s always with me in my heart

although sometimes she’s far away.

I know we’ll never be apart.

She will always be my “daughter”

she will always be my niece.

I love my baby so much

that at times she leaves me without speech.

I know she will soon grow up

and be a woman of her own.

my baby’s growing up too quick

and now she thinks she’s grown.

I love you boobie … from your second mom (titi).