More Week 6: Wishes from Family

10/24/10
Little Thye!
You are going to have not just a cool uncle, but you will have the coolest uncle. And not to be egocentric, but that uncle is me. This life is not to be monotonous, though it often is tedious, but it is to be an enlightening gift that is continuously filled with a plethora of epitomes and realizations of the self. You will be here for a reason, and the path you take to get to that self-actualization will be hard but inevitably worth it. There are those that will help you, and always love you. You are not alone. -- Love, Kelson
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Little T,
I think you should most definitely make it because if you didn't make it you wouldn't have awesome parents, you wouldn't get to see the wonderful things in life (ex. oceans, mountains and the sky). All of the things in life to experience, you wouldn't get to experience, because you didn't make it. Those are my reasons for you to make it. -- Love, Jean-Luc (age 12)
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I don't know what all this "make it" stuff is. In my mind you are already here -- already a part of this family (whether you like it or not!) But I look forward to seeing what you look like. -- Aunt Sarah
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The pleasure of the complicated splendor that comprises one's life far outweighs the uncertainty waiting in the ether. I'm very anxious to meet you. -- Uncle Chris
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Baby T,
You have some wonderufl people waiting to meet you! It's not about what you're doing or where you are, but WHO you're with that makes life so great. That being said though -- there's some beautiful places to see, mjusic to hear, food to taste. Come see it all! -- Love, Aunt Lindsay

Little T,
I am writing from a rocking chair in the hospital where Kelson works. It is a beautiful, relaxed, fancy hospital and we are sitting in front of a stone fireplace with windows on both sides that are two stories high, like a mezzanine. Today you were near your relatives for the first time, but they will all be big kids (all but Julia and Obadiah maybe) compared to you. We also went to play games with Matt in a much sadder sort of hospital, supporting our friends. We played cards and boggle, and we ate a really scrumptious cookie Aunt Sarah made for you. Matt is very... exhausted, empty and hopeless. Hopefully you will get to know him.

Life is very dark sometimes, very dark. It can be easy to be afraid. I have been afraid a lot since I found out you're coming. I'm not sure why -- it almost seems like part of being pregnant is being worried. I don't like that, though. I want your world to be safe and plentiful.

Mine is. Yay. And soon I will be sitting in a glider like this one but instead of holding a book in my hands, I will be holding you.

Tomorrow is the first day of the 7th week, and there are 40 weeks altogether. You are between the size of a BB and a blueberry (depending on which book I'm reading). You already have a heartbeat and your pancreas makes insulin, which is amazing.

I wonder what color eyes you will have! I wonder what it will feel like to hold you. I should drive home now -- maybe Daddy will get off work early.

I love you Sweet Pea. Thank you for coming. Enjoy the ether. :o)