The Calm Before The Storm

It’s a quiet and peaceful Saturday afternoon. Nguyen is visiting a friend while I am watching a movie and anxiously awaiting this little bundle inside to make his appearance.  The crib is ready to snuggle a sleeping baby.  His clothes are folded and put away. Our hospital bags are packed. The doctor says Ethan has dropped and I am effaced, so he could come at any time. I have spent many a moment thinking and dreaming and planning to be a mom. I know it will be a life changing transition and I am eager and nervous. Yet all there is to do is wait. So, as I listen to raindrops hitting against window I wonder if I am ready even though everything else seems to be. This is the calm before the storm. The stormy nights of a crying baby… the waves of immense emotion which I already have a difficult time controlling… the pure joy of having a child. What a new and wonderful life it will be.