the adult table at christmas

(baby no.1)

in a week or so, my little sister will have that baby and we will be transformed into aunts and nanas and things that we can't be yet. not for another week. this baby will be the beginning of a link in that strange chain of family where all of a sudden there is a new generation, and you're not it.

i'm only telling you this so that when i don't answer my phone you'll know where i am.