Seven or 8 months before my daughter was born, I heard a heart beat in the Doctor’s Office, through a machine.
I was so completely enchanted. There was a life inside of my Wife. It was like a Drummer on Speed. The Heart sounded like a muffled machine gun. I was so caught up. It seemed like Magic to me. I was amazed.
I can still hear it in my memory. I could never forget it. That baby did not come out for another 2 Seasons and more. We had to climb huge snow banks to get to the Obstetrician’s Office for that appointment when we heard the Baby’s heart. It was amazing.
The baby was actually born during a great heat wave in Boston. It was high 90s and greater for a couple of weeks that year, at that time. I thought about climbing over that snow, that past Winter, as we had no car. If I did not mention it here, no one would ever recall, save myself. Even my daughter does not know.
Funny, a guy I went to High School with recognized me there, just before the baby came. That birth was altogether a delightful experience for me.
We have come a long way.