Funny how you remember things like that.

Jack turned 12 today.

Johanna stayed home from school to celebrate with him.

She has pink eye.

She had pink eye when he was born too.

Isn't that quite a coincidence?

Funny how you remember things like that.

Jack was born a week before his due date.  He was due on Christmas Eve.

I remember telling an elderly neighbour that I was due on Christmas Eve and she asked me if I was going to name the baby 'Jesus'.

Funny how you remember things like that.

I remember arriving at the hospital....I had been having contractions for 12 hours already and I figured that I had better go and get checked....and the nurse suggested that we go to the mall for a walk.  It was the week before Christmas.  I was needing to 'breathe' through my contractions at that point.

I was not impressed with her suggestion.

Funny how you remember things like that.

We went to visit Terry's Aunt Marie instead.  I paced in her house....and I ate a Harvey's cheeseburger and fries. 

And we had a visit.

Funny how you remember things like that.

It's like it just happened yesterday.

But it was 12 years ago.

Brenda