I have noticed that being visibly pregnant encourages strangers to be extra kind to me. Ladies in the movie theater chat me up, old men linger to hold the door, stuffy security guards lighten up to ask me if I am smuggling a watermelon (badump ching!), etc. I am normally very awkward about small talk with strangers, so this has been a great way to always have a go-to topic if there is nothing else to say but conversation must be prolonged. So, if anyone else is looking to temporarily cure awkwardness, just get pregnant!
Every time my sister posts pictures of her darling girls on Instagram, I just stare at them...and think about how I love them so much it hurts. I'm anticipating the love I will feel for our little guy will be similar, but I'm not sure I can handle it if its anything more...how can a little face grab your heart so fiercely?!
My sister and I had a conversation yesterday about the decision to add child life insurance to our plan, and it makes me so sick to think about that I don't even want to recall our conversation, but I love hearing my sister's practical yet touching thoughts regarding her girls. I am so glad she became a mom first, because I learn so much from her!
Then if I really want to keep riding the emo train, I'll put on any jam from Adele's album "21" and drift back to when Mike and I first met, and we listened to that cd over and over again in my teensy little basement apartment while we drank wine and talked and talked and talked. Such good mems.
Welp, I better stop there otherwise I'll have to go into the bathroom and cry. Is it lunchtime yet?
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