...he came to the world in the usual way." Despite having given birth three times, to three beautiful children I still can't believe that a baby can stay scrunched up inside a woman's body, tucked into the expanding balloon like uterus, crowding out the bladder, stomach and other important parts, and all the while, changing from the united egg and sperm into a person who will grow up and have an impact on many people and the world -hopefully for the better. My mind starts thinking about our children and their uniqueness and the complexity of everyone in the world - I think weird thoughts like, "If a different sperm had met up with my monthly egg , outswimming the other little guys, we would have gotten totally different children who would have gone down different paths and the world would be different and I would be different...." I also wonder how in the world a baby can emerge from the mysterious vagina - a complicated part of the woman's body that most women (and men) don't know enough about. I mean you know what it is for, but can you name all the intricate little parts? Men are lucky to have a very basic piece of equipment with really only three main parts.
Our second grandson was born on April 17th shortly after noon. Roman Daniel Thomas. I got a text from his daddy, Billy, saying that "although Scarlett doesn't have a job, she is definitely in _____". I filled in the blank correctly "labor". Then I sat down to knit and wait, much like my mom did while she awaited the birth of her own grandkids - our three children. There was not much else I could do or wanted to do other than be there at that hospital in Bogota, Colombia - in the waiting room waiting, like I did almost four years ago, here at the University hospital in a dirty little waiting room, awaiting the birth of our first grandchild, Desmond, who is now a big brother.
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| Scarlett looking pretty amazing after childbirth...I am glad no one took pictures of me right after giving birth! |
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| Our son is a good daddy |
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Roman Daniel Thomas - looking a little disappointed to be sprung from the safest place he will ever be.
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Look how long this sweet baby boy looks. He seems somewhat reluctant to face this world. He has his mom's hair and his dad's lips, I think. Maybe he has my thighs and his grandpas nose. It's always amazing to see so many people from both sides of our families, represented in a newborn baby.
As I sat and knitted, I felt close to my mom. I always feel her presence when I am with Desmond too. I think she kissed sweet Roman on the forehead and sent him on his way and his destiny, just as she did Desmond. I understand my mom more now that I am a grandma and realize the love she felt for our kids and how sad she must have been that she didn't see them more often. I think she approves of the "Mimi" I have become.
Des is a big brother now and already he loves Roman. Roman and sweet Des have no idea how much they are loved, by so many people - even some they have never met.
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| Billy and Kseniya loving their baby brother Dan |
Babies are born every moment. And, with each birth, the world changes forever. Just like when people leave it.
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