The Weight of Memories

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Mother: Baby, can you hear me?

Fetus: Where am I?

Mother: Oh, good! You can hear me. I’m your mother.

Fetus: Mama! Am I really in your belly? I’m floating in water…

Mother: That’s called the ami-ani-amniotic fluid. Hard word, I know. I just learned it today, too.

Fetus: What is this sound? It’s like thunder far away.

Mother: That’s my heartbeat. You’re inside me, remember?

Fetus: I like this place; I want to stay here forever.

Mother: Ha, you can’t do that! You’ve got to be born.

Fetus: No! It’s scary out there.

Mother: Oh… we’ll talk more about that later.

Fetus: What’s this line connected to my tummy, Mama?

Mother: That’s your umbilical cord. When you’re inside mommy, you need it to stay alive.

Fetus: Hmmm. Mama, you’ve never been where I am, have you?

Mother: I have! Before I was born, I was inside my mother, too. Except I don’t remember what it was like there, and that’s why you can’t remember, either. Baby, is it dark inside mommy? Can you see anything?

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