Life's beginnings

"I need a favor from you." J. was confident, and rightly so, that I'd do anything for her. She's my beloved cousin, after all.

"What d'ya need, doll?" I asked her.

"Well, you remember that we didn't do the video of R's birth."

"Yup."

"I was wondering, could you do a write up of it? You know. The actual events. Just write what happened."

"Hmmmm." I was already thinking, How could I make that work? I loved the idea the instant she brought it up.

"Well, you know," I said, "I wrote a little about it on my blog."

"Yeah, but I was hoping for more of a play by play. I was really out of it and for all intents and purposes, I wasn't even really there."

"I do remember that. Of course, I'd love to do it. I'm flattered you would ask."

"That's right. I couldn't think of anyone better to do this project."

"Now I'm complimented, too!" I doubt I'll be able to get through the door and down the hallway to go to bed tonight! "I'll get started on and keep you posted, J. This should be a really cool project!"

We hung up and I reflected back.

I turned to my wife. "That was J. She wants me to write about the birth. All the gory details."

My wife says, "That should be fun. Why don't you go back to the very beginning and write about all the stuff that went on during the pregnancy and even before that?"

"That's a good idea. I think I can handle that. You'll have to help me fill in the details. J and D should put details into it too. It would be a thrill and a half." I continued, "I should start at the birth, however, and do the rest of the prelude story as flashbacks. That would be really cool."

"Yeah!" My wife gets excited rather easily when there's a great project in the works. Sometimes, I think she doesn't consider the amount of work that has to go into such a project. 'Specially when someone else is doing the work. I, on the other hand, focus ONLY on the amount of work which is why I never get anything done! But this. This is a project of worth. Of value. Of fun, even, despite the work.

I can hardly wait to get started.

It only takes me three hours to get it rolling. I can hardly wait to finish this one. The above will be the first section or chapter or introduction to this story. I know how it ends. I can't wait to tell it to you!

--Wag--