Posts Tagged ‘important’
His mum finds out
After telling Emma’s parents (and surviving) it was time to go over to my mum’s place to repeat the process. On the way down the freeway we were happily recounting the first attempt. I quietly decided to show her how it’s done (ha)!
Mum was a bit flighty, it’s been more than a month since I saw her last – 7 weeks, in fact. As Announcement Time approached I started to notice all kinds of things that needed my immediate attention. Not least of all the legion of photos of old girlfriends that adorned the dinning room dresser!
Mum did enjoy flashing my old dorky photos from when I was a kid. First bike, first girlfriend, first social ball etc Emma was having a great time. Of course.
So, before we got sucked in to a photo album that I forgot (to set fire to) I jumped in with, “The reason we haven’t seen you since Bali is because we’ve been making a baby!”
Smooth.
Also, not technically accurate; At first it was because of the ginormous head wound Emma was sporting and THEN it was because of the baby…. But that’s another story…
After the double take, it was all giggles and congratulations. I’m a star, Emma is great; let’s go have a cuppa tea.
Woohoo!
Image by g-mikee (flickr).
While secretly reading the internet at work (I had reached my Stupidity limit and needed to take time out) I came across this article about How To Focus On What Truly Matters which is becoming more and more important to me these days. The clarity of the announcement moment has worn off slightly and while I still view the world differently, I realise that my actions have not changed all that much.
I am able to choose what is important to me right now and that is a good thing, but I haven’t put any thought into what my life will be like in 10 years.
In 10 years time, I’ll have a 9 year old! Maybe an 8 year old too!
The gravity of the situation is only now starting to sink in. The joy and excitement too.
It feels strange to be making decisions about another person’s life when I have only recently learned how to do it for myself though. So, for the next week, I will spend the first 30 minutes of each day thinking about what truly matters and then do something about it. I’ll post up the results and the end of the week and revise them monthly, to keep things current.
It seems like the least I can do for my kid(s).
Image by Chris Runoff (Flickr).
