The Birthday
I grew up in a dysfunctional but loving family. I am the oldest of six children, born in 1967, from three marriages. My mother was married to my father for about four years having two children; my brother and me. My step-father was previously married for one year and had one child, a girl. In 1974 my mom met my step-father at a party being thrown in my house. They were married two years later in 1976. Our family then grew by three over six years with the birth of Mandy in 1977, Rebekah in 1980, and Jeremy in 1982. This experience of having two dads, three sets of grand-parents, and helping raise my younger siblings instilled a strong desire to never get married and to never have children. All of this changed throughout the 1990's. The first change came when I married Theresa G. on January 16, 1993 in Las Vegas.We are now a married couple living in Vallejo, California. We are newlyweds enjoying the time we have together and the freedom to do anything we like; stay in bed all day, go to a baseball game at the last minute, or make passionate love in the middle of our living room on a Sunday afternoon. All of this is about to change."Honey are you ready?" my wife asks.
The doctor sends her to Deacon's in St. She has the test and it confirms that she is pregnant with our first child. It is now two months later and my wife has not been feeling well for the last couple of mornings. Orange checks her over she determine she is slightly dilated at 2 inches and needs to go to the hospital for a stress test as she is three days past her due date. This does not change our mind; we are going to keep this child. Orange had called and told the hospital to go ahead and admit my wife. "No, I ran out in January and never got them refilled. ""Well let's go get one of those home pregnancy tests. Although I can no longer go anywhere on the spur of the moment, sleep in bed all day, or make love to my wife in the middle of our living room; we are a loving fully functional family and I would not trade this for anything in the world. My wife tells her she is just here for a stress test, not to have the baby. "Have you been taking your pill?" I say.
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