Rose & I Meet For the First Time...December 20, 2006
This is my niece, Rose. She was born on November 25, 2006 near Atlanta, GA, two weeks prior to her projected due date of December 9, 2006. I had never went to visit my brother Mikey on my own, prior to her birth. I knew that I wanted to see my niece or nephew when he/she was born or soon after and for months before she was born, I agonized about WHEN to visit. Do I go during Thanksgiving break? Do I wait until Christmas break? Her due date being smack in the middle of both of these holiday breaks was so tricky! Plus, I was in college at the time and had a complex schedule to deal with. After much deliberation, I decided to visit the second Christmas break began. But alas, Rose came into the world the day after Thanksgiving that year, and I impatiently waited for 20 days to pass until I could meet her. I literally jumped on a plane as soon as my last final exam of the semester was over and arrived that evening. Now I had never been around many children prior to this point in my life, and so when she was put into my arms, I was just so stunned and amazed at how small she was and how little she weighed. I studied her every feature for so long. It felt like hours. I completely fell in love with her the second I laid eyes on her.
Almost 4 years later, I can safely say that Rose has changed my life in so many ways and her life has been such a gift to mine. She made me realize what it was to love someone unconditionally and to marvel at the stages that a child goes through from newborn to infant to toddler to child, something I had never experienced firsthand. She can fully form sentences now and chatters away and I love to listen to her and most of all, I love that she knows who I am and can have conversations with me. I've never been so excited to see what someone's future holds. Most of all, I've never been so excited to love someone! I get so excited when I know someone that is about to embark on the same amazing adventure, cause I know it's not like anything else one can experience. Love for a child is sacred and amazing.
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