Sitting

Darren and I spend a lot of time sitting on our sofa. It seems our sofa has become the centre of our home, or at least the area we gravitated to when it's time to be together. While sitting on this sofa, sometimes we're eating dinner, sometimes we're watching a movie or television episode, sometimes we're playing Wii, sometimes we're listening to a podcast, sometimes we're reading, sometimes we're talking, and sometimes we're just sitting...together.

Every now and then, while sitting on the sofa, I'll reach over, grab Darren's hand and place it on my expanding stomach. Generally, at this point Bumpkin stops moving around, but every now and then Darren gets to feel a little kick or roll. Other times, while sitting on the sofa, Darren will spontaneously bend down and gently place a kiss near my belly button, often accompanied by a kind word or two for our little boy. Also on this sofa, out of the blue one of us might say something like "I can't wait to meet him," referring, of course to our still-developing son. Then we'll spend some time imagining our lives in the coming years. It's times like these that I really love our sofa.

There are times when, sitting on this sofa, I feel absolutely content and satisfied. Inevitably, reality hits, but it's much easier to deal with after some time on the sofa with my favourite.

I know our lives will be very different from the time our baby is born until...well...forever. These changes don't usually scare me; on the contrary, I am looking forward to them. We both are curious about our little one (and any siblings he may have in the future). We're excited to watch him grow, develop a personality, put sentences together, become interested in different hobbies, make friends, explore the world, find a girlfriend...the whole thing! I also know life post-Bumpkin will be full of challenging and frustrating times. But hopefully the most difficult of those times will come after having had some time sitting with my Darren on our sofa.

As an aside...
I have no idea what heaven is like, but I suspect it involves a feeling like I get sometimes on my sofa. And that makes me smile.