Delightful news today: our friends Julie and Paul just welcomed their first child to the world. This is a hard-fought-for, much-desired child, and Julie endured all manner of hell in her pregnancy and I am beyond thrilled that it has ended so happily.
But only slightly connected to all that is this: I was poking around her blog, which I had not seen before, and happened on an old post, on the occasion of my daughter's birth, that I had never seen, never even known existed.
You know how you think "I hope I've led a good life, made a few people happy, did my best" but you know can't really know it? Well, apparently I did good; I was able to give her comfort when she needed it, and I had no idea she had been so moved by it. I sat and read the lovely things she had to say last year and cried at my desk.
So welcome to the world, son of my friend. You've got a hell of a mama.
Posted by designatedgirl at November 29, 2004 10:50 PM