very OT - creative poem abbreviation??

[ICan'tWait]

I know this is way OT but the Budget area is where I lurk the most...

I have a friend in a high risk pregnancy. My Mom makes jewlery and I hired her to make my friend a bracelet. There is a poem my friend found that she loves that sums up her pregnancy and I was going to incorporate it along with birthstones from her children with blank spots for after the baby is born (the month is kinda iffy at this point). Anyway, my Mom says the word "conceived" is too big and overall the poem fitting is quite a stretch. I'm not creative at all... Anybody out there able to abbreviate this poem???

This Is the Miracle
​ Before you were conceived I wanted you.
​ Before you were born I loved you.
Before you were here an hour I would die for you.
​ ​ This is the miracle of love.
​ ​ ​ ~Maureen Hawkins

 

[lovesmurfs]

If she knows the poem well, I'd recommend just the last line of the poem. Her heart will fill in the rest.

 

[tchrrx]

I like the idea of just using the last line. You could also do something like, "Always wanted, always loved, my miracle."

 

[fkj2]

If she knows the poem well, I'd recommend just the last line of the poem. Her heart will fill in the rest.

Or change the last line to, You are the miracle of love.

 

[jfegan]

I like 'Before' followed by a heart, or 'before you, or 'before you" and a heart. I'm sure the poem is written already on her heart and mind. It sounds like a very beautiful gift.

 

[ICan'tWait]

These are great! I can't wait to run them by my Mom tonight.