My best friend's oldest daughter, Emily---whom I have always claimed as MY kid because the day she was born, I held her and she grabbed hold of my first finger and would not let it go---just announced today that she is PREGNANT!
I nearly fell off my chair.
My PSEUDO-DAUGHTER IS HAVING A BABY....
Waaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!! I FEEL SO STINKING ROTTEN FRIGGIN' OLD!!!!!!!
Emily is almost 21 years old...still too young to have a kid if you ask me, but okay, she's a big girl, she can decide what to do with her life. She has always had a very level head on her shoulders, and is very smart. I am very proud of her, no matter what she decides to do. She's been with her boyfriend since the age of 14, and they are now planning a wedding. (And a bridal shower, AND a baby shower...etc).
I'm FREAKIN' OUT.
See, the doctor had told her that she would probably not be able to have a kid, (just like I was told at 16), because she had cysts on her ovaries. I had amenorrhea most of my life. So, her chances were just as slim-to-none as mine were....but somehow, it just happened, despite contraception usage. Laurie is calling it a miracle baby already. Emily's brother, Noah, says, "HEYYY, what if it's TWINS?! You know I was a twin when I was born..." and Emily yelled back, "Yeah, but you ATE your own twin, you stupid ass." (It's true, he was born as a twin, but the other one didn't make it to full size).
Oh my GAWD....Emily was just TWO YEARS OLD YESTERDAY!!!! Ya know what I mean??! I still see her as a little blonde, curly-haired toddler, mugging for the camera in her pink princess outfit and ribbon in her hair....I can't believe she's nearly 21, and now she's bummed because she can't DRINK on her birthday because of this!! Ahhhh youth. If she only knew how many OTHER sacrifices lie in front of her now that there's a baby on the horizon. That one will disappear into the blur of being a mommy.
Well, so of course, I have to be there to help out and spoil her and the baby absolutely rotten to the core.
I'm just rather stunned at the moment. I love that kid....and now she's HAVING a kid.....good Lord....
Did YOU feel like this when YOU had a kid?? And/or a grandchild?? It really does blow ya away, doesn't it....it's kinda like the whole entire universe just shifted somehow, and everything's off kilter.
I feel kinda sick to my stomach actually.
........I'd better go for now.
Love, Rebecca
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