A Letter to My Son

Andrea Huls
4 min readDec 12, 2020

Being your mom is the greatest gift.

Couple holding tiny baby shoes in their hands
Photo by Andrzej Witek

I can’t believe a year has passed since you were born. I remember every minute of that day. Giving birth to you is one of the most beautiful moments I have ever experienced.

The weeks before going into labor, I was anxious something would go wrong. I thought a lot about the fragility of life. I thought about how in just a few seconds, I could lose you. I already loved…

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Andrea Huls

Writer, documentary filmmaker, photographer, feminist, mother, and much more.