Brand new, just like you

"Call me when you get home--on the speakerphone," our daughter said to my husband on his cell phone just last Thursday. We finished our errands, leisurely picked up the mail, then called her, just as she'd asked, having no idea what this might be about. I'd rehearsed the moment hundreds of times in my head, but there's nothing like hearing it in real time. Continuity and purpose and love: Learning that we are going to be grandparents melded life in an instant. And since that moment a few days ago, I've been at once (and out of character) a giddy woman, a Baby Gap addict, and a herald of good news to anyone who will listen. Thank you, very little one. We are all new, just like you.