I’m not a quick learner. (Not shocking for anyone who knows me.)
But yeah, 29 weeks into this pregnancy, which is numero four, and I find myself suddenly discovering life in a new way. I don’t know how else to explain it. Though I tried.
This weekend, I curled up with my kids on the couch with an old favorite book of mine. It’s one I’ve been meaning to read to my four-year-old, especially since he has shown some astute interest in both (a) how I pee and (b) how this baby is going to come out.
My answer to both has been a bit blunt and simple: I have a hole in my butt. I leave it at that. He has an answer, and I’m glad to have set him straight that (a) I am not going to explode and (b) I will not puke the baby out. (I think those are both worse options. Much worse. Much, much, MUCH worse.)
He ponders, and he watches, and he pokes my belly and giggles. (He doesn’t believe me, I don’t think.)
On the couch, my girls smiled knowingly, because the book we were reading together is one they love. My boy was restless, as he always is at the beginning of anything that involves sitting and cuddling.
But as we read through Angel in the Waters, he started asking questions. He’s a tactile little guy, and the umbilical cord and the world within me are fascinating to him, nonetheless when I explained that he had once been that baby.
Hope you enjoy it! And if you haven’t read Angel in the Waters, it’s one of my very favorite books. And my kids love it too. 🙂
I haven’t read or seen that book. So, thank you for the suggestion. I’m also pregnant again (this will make my fourth born child)-just a little ahead of you–starting 30 weeks tomorrow! Many blessings for you and your baby and family.
Autumn, it’s a fabulous book! 🙂 And will keep you in my prayers!
Sarah, Felicity received “Angel in the Waters” as a gift from Ben’s very pro-life cousins who live in Delaware! I know how precious the book really is.
And thank you for opening up a bit about the connection between your lack of desire for marriage and family and the fact that you had a lot of pain in your childhood. It makes a lot of sense. I am wondering what my excuse is, then, for the fact that I did want to get married but really didn’t want children until I WAS married.
Hmmm…perhaps selfishness? It’s all I can come up with!
maybe just God’s perfect timing… 🙂
Yes, true!
I get the Liguorian and imagine my surprise to find you in there! Have you been writing for them for a time and I haven’t paid attention? Anyway, now I get to read 2 of my favorite writers there every month. You and Kathleen Basi – Awesome!
Awww, thanks Colleen! I just started with them…I’ve submitted a number of pieces, but January’s the first issue. (The lead time on magazines is unbelieveable!)