I've always said that if you're going to have your birthday on a holiday, Halloween is the BEST!
We LOVE Halloween at our house!
It all started thirty-something years ago....
It was a dark, stormy night...
Ok... it was the first snow storm of the year when our little spook decided it was time to make her arrival.
The pressure in the atmosphere changed drastically triggering the onset of labor in pregnant women all over the valley...
(The nurses in labor and delivery did say it was a busy night for them, and they did mention the weather being the reason. Of course, I don't suppose the fact that I was eight days overdue had anything to do with it.)
All at once something sharper than knives ripped through me! Could I bear the pain?
(Hmmmm....Is this labor? I had to be sure so I called my mom. It had been 21 years since she'd had me, but surely she'd know.)Ripping. Breaking. Agony. I couldn't breathe. I knew time was short and I needed to save my baby and myself...
(Still not sure if this was really labor, we decided it was best that I be checked.)
More blackness! I knew what that meant. It meant that we were dying!
("Yes dear, you're in labor, but you're not ready yet. Are you feeling any pain?" "Yes, a little." "We'll be able to make you comfortable in a little while. Just hang in there.")
How long had passed? Had it been hours? How much longer could I endure?
("You're doing better than we expected. Let's go ahead and give you something for the pain.")
"Get her out!" I screamed. "Now!", I choked, unable to finish.
("You're going to put that needle where?!")
Pieces of me shattering, snapping, slicing apart....More blackness. Voices, this time, shouting, as the pain came back!
(Oh wait, I guess that was me shouting...."If you say one more time, 'that was a big one!', you're gonna be sorry!! Quit watching that dang monitor!")
The pain faded away, though I clung to it now. My baby, my baby.....
(I think the pain meds are working now...finally!)
"You stay with me now Diane! Do you hear me? Stay! You're not leaving me. Keep your heart beating!"
("Yeah, I'm here alright. I'm just numb up to my earlobes!)
I tried to feel my heart, but nothing felt right. I blinked and found my eyes. I could see the light!
("Hey guys, I'm thinking if I wasn't so numb this would be a whole lot easier! And do you think you could get that light out of my eyes?)
As my eyes struggled to adjust,
("It's a girl....it's a girl.....it's a girl!!!!! Johnson's never have girls!!!!!")
Not the pale and perfect son of my imagination? I felt a moment of shock, and then a flood of warmth.
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It was a stormy Halloween night........
And that's how it all began. That's how Halloween became our favorite holiday! Honest!
I wanted you to hear it straight from me. Heaven knows her Dad would only exagerate and make it sound like I won the fight of my life or something! Vivid imaginations runs in his side of the family!
So tonight at "Twilight" while all the little goulies are getting ready to trick-or-treat, our "Little Goulie" will be celebrating her birthday. I believe
Love,
