EAVESDROPPING….

While having a delish lunch at my favorite Calypso Café I couldn’t help but eavesdrop on the conversation proceeding next to me. It wasn’t my fault, I literally had no choice; they pack you in like sardines at this joint. All I needed to hear was the magic word “BABY” and my ears honed in and perfectly adjusted their antennas. One of the ladies at the table was pregnant and from what I could gather she was about 4 or 5 months along and definitely a first timer. She threw out her baby name ideas and REESE was at the top of her list. Her friend quickly shot it down because she knows someone who has a dog named Reese and they call it “Reesy.” I was doing the best I could not to laugh out loud because OF COURSE we call our Reese, “Reesy” and as of late “Reesy-Poo.”
She continued on and was anticipating all the changes that were going to unfold once she squeezed that puppy out (my words not hers). It was less then 6 months ago that I was having these very same conversations. Everyone constantly told me to “get your sleep now!” Damn, they weren’t kidding about that. They also told Jon and I that “it’s going to be a lot of work!” Yes, that was right on as well. But one thing that no one ever said is this: You will love this little person so hard, so deeply that your heart will actually feel like it will break. It’s not like puppy love, it’s like the kind of love that will make tears pour down your face at any given moment because you are so happy, scared, excited, shocked, worried and generally just exploding with emotion.
This is what I would have loved to tell her but I am sure she would have choked on her Boca burger and that wouldn’t have been good for anybody.