That's a great idea, Bebop - I'll see if my stepmom thinks he'll be up for it when I go back east next weekend.

Oddly, or maybe not, he doesn't really seem all that interested in the baby. I mean, I thought he'd be thrilled but I imagine that he has bigger things on his mind right now. He says he's happy about it, but just doesn't seem very interested. I suppose I can't blame him.

I'm very self-absorbed these days and having my family not seem interested has been a little hard on me, but intellectually I can understand why.

It's bringing back flashbacks of when my mom passed away. I had just turned 15 and got my first period about a week before she died. I know that she was anxious for me to hit that milestone, and I thought she would be overjoyed when I told her the news. But unfortunately, she was very delirious by that time and really didn't understand what I was saying.

This seems like history is repeating itself - both of my parents dying as I hit my two most major reproductive milestones.

Damn it. I'm still at work and now I can't stop crying...

Thanks Chalmette and Bebop