Ten Minute Missive

I’m here to say to all those considering parenting, be careful.  Be very careful indeed.  It’s a thing you definitely want to think about before doing.  Which is probably why the human gestation period is 40 weeks – to give you plenty of time to wrap your head around the idea.  And buy all those baby things, of course.  It truly is one of those things that you can’t fully appreciate.  Until you get there, you just have no idea how much your life is going to change.   Becoming a parent is a whole lot like having something big and scary hurtle towards you at a great rate of speed.  Kind of like if a giant robot were about to overtake you in some badly sub-titled movie.  It’s not that the robot is truly bad.  In fact, the robot is actually just a whole lot bigger than you and horribly misunderstood.  And, of course,  you and your sanity will never be the same, even if you do manage to avoid getting trampled. 

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