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For my soon to be born Grandaughter

by Barbara Obstgarten, 2025

From the time I was a teen…I thought about…I dreamed

that someday there would be…a little girl in my life

the years would pass…sons would be born…giving me happiness and joy

and yet I wondered…what it would be like to have…a little girl in my life

the sons became men…they married…grandsons were born

I wondered if there would ever be…a little girl in my life

then came the phone call…from far, far away

that she was finally on her way…and soon there would be

a little girl in my life.

while I may never hold this baby…or feel her soft newborn freshness

against my cheek…I will know that she is finally here

a little girl in my life

I will be the face on a screen…or a box in the mail

but she will be…finally…a little girl in my life