"You are pregnant!" Well now, that's huge. My little sister is pregnant.
A huge part of me was happy and thought, congratulations let the cheering begin, you are so blessed and goddess like. But a tiny sliver of my being, the unfortunate selfish side knew that everything was gonna change. I might be affected by this negatively? Will we still hang out? Am I still gonna be part of her social life? Will she at least still have one. This could get boring quick, bedtime, bottles, diapers. This was unchartered territory for me. I never had a close friend with a child before. Although, this could be an amazing blessing . Finally I`ll have an excuse to use my child like Joie de vivre and goofy demeanor and have fun with her kids. For this very reason kids love me; I walk into a room and kids see me as one of them only in giant format.
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Anthony
The male Nanny
Sometimes life takes you for a spin and makes an unplanned turn. It often happens when you get comfortable in a situation you`ve become accustomed to, unaccepted events greet us without fail or warning, We may end up doing things that are totally out of our character. Things that you never visualized you would ever do. I welcome these changes and utilize them as spice for life. Being single and childless permits me for now to focus on goals I have set out for myself. Don't get me wrong, I am not completely without some kind of responsibility. I do carry with me the basics, the same ones that we as humans all have in common, go to work, pay your bills, be kind and respect others and last but not least call your mother! She called 3 times this week.
As we grow and mature , priorities may change, friends and family will either welcome it or feel indifferent towards it, and that`s ok. It`s all part of growing up. What is so important to me is and could be completely irrelevant to another. A few years back , a really good friend, my sister from another gene pool had a life altering milestone of her own. In her case, her path change would affect me as well. Her life as we knew it changed forever after being told a few short words. Words familiar to some but estranged to others, you never really grasp the seriousness until someone says these poignant words to you.