Poem and first photograph by Cassie Fox. Additional inspiration from Fox at Cassie Fox Photography. Birthmarks photos shared by peaceful parenting readers. To include your photo in this gallery, send to [email protected] A mark for every breath you took, every blink, every sleepy yawn. One for every time you sucked your thumb, waved hello, closed your eyes, and slept in the most perfect darkness. One for every time you had the hiccups. One for every dream you dreamed within me. It isn't very pretty anymore. Some may even think it's ugly. That's OK. It was your home. It held you until my arms could, and for that, I will always find something beautiful in it. ~ Cassie Fox Related Reading: Good Birth Books! The Shape of a Mother Love Your Mummy Tummy Mother's Antithesis Lizzi Miller: The Beautiful, REAL Woman on p.194 ~~~~