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Aunt Sandy, thank you so much for your support in my dream and allowing me to dream even bigger. Bob, thanks for being a great writing partner & even better friend. Michael, you keep knocking it out of the park thanks for everything. To the others that have shared their knowledge with me on this book, thank you.
As we turned down the gravel drive, I realized I was excited to be here--my first family reunion since I was a child. Dad and I made the trek down from the suburbs of Chicago early that morning. I smiled to see the porch swing in the same spot and remembered sitting there in Grandpa's lap, trying to stay awake to hear his stories as the sun was setting.
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I put my head down on the desk to rest for a moment.
I guess Rachel's finger-pointing bothered me more than I wanted to admit. Maybe because she was right. I was dragging my feet: on the nursery, on being ready, on this whole dad thing, even though it was my idea to begin with. I had promised to read What to Expect When You're Expecting faithfully along with Rachel, but hadn't gotten past the first chapter. I did want to—DO want to--have a kid. It was Rachel who initially resisted the idea. I now found it difficult to remember the arguments I had used on her. Whatever it was, it did the trick and in her usual Rachel way, once she had resigned herself to the idea, she went after it hard core and by-the-book. She insisted we read the standard parenting books, dove into planning the nursery, reminded me at every turn how things would change. At first, it was endearing, seeing her finally excited about my dream. But her zeal got me thinking that I should be more excited and why wasn't I?
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