Well, you’re gunna be a mamma and it is a crazy story
God’s grace so evident as these months have testified to His glory
I don’t know how to make sense of these words in my head
Because there have been so many times wise words you have said
These six years have been sweet and you’ve taught me so much
Like how to cook and clean and use a vacuum and such
You led me to Jesus and have walked with me as I grow up
Your titles could fill a book by now—but these days, mamma is what’s sup!
I can’t wait to tell those boys all kinds of stories like how I gave you shingles
But don’t worry, I won’t ever tell them to make an account on Christian Mingle
An incredible mamma I know you will be
Mostly because you’ve gotten lots of practice being one for me!
These two that squirm around inside
It’s hard to believe they’re just along for the ride
You might walk a little slower and make more frequent stops
But don’t worry someday soon you’ll pop!
Don’t worry, I promise I’ll help you out when I can, even if they spring a leak
The truth is you can’t mess em up too bad
Even if they do some things that make you so mad
Your love is unconditional, unchanging, and true
Only by the grace of God that lives in you
A husband to lead and a marriage held in Christ tight
What an incredible blessing these boys can cast worry out of sight
They will grow up in a house built on rock , not perfect of course
But that too is a blessing because God’s grace becomes their source
So on those days when sleep doesn’t come
Just remember He is always faithful and then some
It’s a new sanctification, a calling to disciple and train
And I know God will use it and He will also keep you sane
The news of two boys, comes great weight and even greater joys
As you begin to see your role of raising men from these boys
Just that you see the need and are ready for the ride
Leaves me in awe of you Ash, don’t worry each step He will guide
As through singlehood, courtship, marriage, lives given and one taken too soon
You have unceasingly walked faithful to the one who is promised and true
That is why I know and proclaim it today
Even through motherhood I know in your love for Christ you will not sway
I pray from tiny seed hidden away inside to men grown and married
That Si and Eli will always proclaim it is only by God’s grace they have been carried
Life is hard and messy and sometimes quite dark
And it is in this world these two boys in your womb can be that spark
Whether football star or living across the world with plenty of work to do
God’s word says He formed them, He set them apart too
He is the author and perfecter, the giver of life
And I pray these boys always remember the hope and future in the midst of life’s strife
Ash you’re the bestest and these boys already agree
After all you’re the Mamma, don’t you see?
Love you Ashy...
