delivery...

My immediate family is in a unique position right now where we're anxiously waiting the arrival of our nephew! My brother and sister-in-law are expecting their first baby boy any day now - her due date is tomorrow, but based on the sounds of things, I have a feeling she's going to be late. My mother and I were talking about the baby the other day and how for so long - nine months actually - we've been talking and talking and talking about the day when Little Knapper (as I like to call him until his given name is revealed) will grace us and the rest of the world with his presence, and all of a sudden it's here! It's like we've been waiting for it for so long that it almost seems like we'll be waiting forever, but then in the blink of an eye so long seems so short.

I'm not a parent yet, obviously, so I can't even begin to relate to the excitement, anticipation, trepidation and pure joy my brother and his wife must be going through right now as they wait.... But on the same level, I am a bride to be, and by the time my wedding comes around, I'll have waited much longer than nine months. It is my own baby in a way because I think about it every day, I work hard so that it can be absolutely perfect, I pine and pine and pine for it until I feel like it will never come. I'll have waited my whole lifetime for that perfect man to complete me and make me the happiest woman in the world. Much like a parent with their child, every bride thinks her wedding is the best.... I have found the love of my life, my second half, the incarnation of my dreams. Of course I think our wedding will be the best because it's ours.

So as we continue to wait for Little Knapper to join us in this world, I continue to count down to the day that will begin the rest of my life....