Foolishness, awe + joy

The time between conception and birth

I have had reason of late to consider the personality and inclinations of people during that mysterious time between conception and birth. As I read and hear the thoughts and hopes of a father who dares to share the simplicities and complexities of his relationship with his not-yet-born child, I can’t help but talk with my 3 gone-too-soon younguns, and their far-too-many cousins with them. I ask them, with the presumptions of a mother and auntie, to befriend this child who will soon join them.