May 4, 2010 @ 8:27 am | Filed under: Family,Pure Sunshine

The drive from Commerce to Richardson seemed to take forever yesterday.

Maybe part of that was due to the fact that I knew all my family was already there, and my intense desire to be there too made each mile feel more like ten.

We’d been waiting a long time for this day. Nine months, to be exact, and finally the day had arrived. I drove up to the hospital with just twenty minutes to spare before the scheduled birth. For once, I breathed a silent thank you for the delay in the hospital schedule.

Because, as much as I was ready to meet our new little guy, at that moment all I really wanted to do was see his momma first. I think once you become somebody’s parent you are ushered into a realm of understanding that just didn’t really exist for you beforehand. Although two decades have passed since my own kids’ births, the memory of each and every precious moment of both of those days is forever etched into my heart and mind. I remember the faces of the ones who stood over me, the tenderness in their smiles, and the sparkle of anticipation in their eyes.

It was important that I be that to Robyn yesterday.

We clustered in her hospital room – talking, joking, planning…basically doing what families do to pass the time until it’s time. And then it really was time, and she and my brother received our last minute hugs and well wishes and we left them to go out to the waiting room and do just that…wait.

And then we all received a text from Kevin. James Kael Rogers had arrived safe and sound – Mom and son were doing well. And then there was a little more waiting…until…