"Then congratulations!" I say, glad that I can be as happy as I feel, seeing a young woman who is excited for the arrival of her child. I am far from a touchy-feely person, I would not reach out to touch another woman's belly and I never know what exactly I am supposed to do at a baby shower, but I am a parent, and happily so. My three boys are the best things that have ever happened in my life.
Yes, even Eddie, even on the days that he is going around playing his rap music too loud.
"I am going to guess that it's a girl," I tell her with a nod. "My mother is much better than I am with the guesses, but I have a certain feeling that you would be such a good mother to a little girl. I never had a girl myself — just three rowdy boys. None of them are here, but... you know." I tilt my head back and forth, trying not to make a big deal of the fact that my children aren't here with me, because that seems like a terrible thing to emphasize in front of a mother-to-be. They say that people can disappear randomly from Darrow. I think the only thing worse than being pulled away from your children is having your children pulled away from you.
But in my research, I did not find any case of a child born in Darrow being pulled out of the city from their parents. I doubt records are complete, but that is at least a hopeful pattern to see.
"So council elections are every year... that's good, that's good, that means it only takes one year to prepare again if the first time doesn't work. Do you know when they are? Is it like the United States, do we vote in the fall?"
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Date: 2016-10-06 04:14 am (UTC)Yes, even Eddie, even on the days that he is going around playing his rap music too loud.
"I am going to guess that it's a girl," I tell her with a nod. "My mother is much better than I am with the guesses, but I have a certain feeling that you would be such a good mother to a little girl. I never had a girl myself — just three rowdy boys. None of them are here, but... you know." I tilt my head back and forth, trying not to make a big deal of the fact that my children aren't here with me, because that seems like a terrible thing to emphasize in front of a mother-to-be. They say that people can disappear randomly from Darrow. I think the only thing worse than being pulled away from your children is having your children pulled away from you.
But in my research, I did not find any case of a child born in Darrow being pulled out of the city from their parents. I doubt records are complete, but that is at least a hopeful pattern to see.
"So council elections are every year... that's good, that's good, that means it only takes one year to prepare again if the first time doesn't work. Do you know when they are? Is it like the United States, do we vote in the fall?"