So, yes. Jessie is pregnant. It's amazing. It's a miracle. It's exciting. It's nerve-racking. I've been the lucky husband that has a wife that isn't puking or showing any symptoms at all really (except falling asleep on the couch at 9:00 rather than 9:30). However, this whole thing has kept me on my toes and made me appreciate both the the miracle of life as well as the fragility of it.
Creating a life is almost one of those thing that's hard to whisper because everything feels so delicate right now. Through both first and secondhand ways I have learned to become aware of how in an instant everything can change. My accident started it all. A week later I found out Jessie was pregnant. I don't think of the the obvious what ifs....Then the we found out we got to share in pregnancy with two people very close to us, only to see the pain of the unspeakable. There just aren't any words for that....Then one of my best friends lost one of his best friends in his basement. His buddy was just visiting him from Mankato with his wife and child. My buddy woke up to go to work and received a call right after he got there to come home immedietly. By the time he made the five minute drive back, his best friend was gone. I didn't really know the guy, but shit...it kind of got stuck in me.
So what am I saying? Shouldn't I be thinking happier thoughts? I think the point of this post is that I am. I am truly elated. I am truly blessed. But most of all I am in awe of the miracle. I'm not sure if anybody can truly appreciate this miracle. It's one of those things like love: It exists, and in the hectic world that we live in, sometimes it takes events like these to truly make one pause realize it. Makes you want to go around and let everyone around you know how much they are loved.
And boy, do I love you all....
On a lighter note, I'm trying to convince Jessie that if we have a boy, his middle name MUST be Axl. Think about it ________ Axl Rowles. Perfect. I need help from you guys here. She's not really going for it.
More to come. More often.
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Yes, Sheref Axl Rowles would have a nice ring to it... ;)
it's all coming together now....
Over my dead body.
c'mon jessie. be a good sport.
Axle? As in Axle rose? (Axle Rowles?) I just can't picture it. I picture a Vin Diesel type of freaky baby wasted on steroids. Sorry Mart, you've veto'ed many of mine...;)
Marty!
I'm so excited for you and Jessie! When Jessie first told me I nearly cried from being so happy and excited. It is so nice to see good things happen to good people. The 2 of you are going to be GREAT parents! Yah!!!
I kinda like Axl but at the same time... Jessie is birthing the child and I think she has final say on the name! :)
but you didn't respond to the sheref part, jes!
you do know a horrible curse will fall upon marty if he doesn't name his child sheref...
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