My Earliest Pregnancy
When I 40 years of age I witnessed the delivery pf my first born daughter. Yes, I was quite advanced in years & had been married for nearly a decade when the mother's fertility treatment finally worked. This single event immediately & significantly altered my life's trajectory. Previously I had been focused on sailing, surfing & fly fishing as well as varied careers. Afterwards I dropped every future goal & personal want to ensure that my little girl was safe, comfortable & had all that she needed. Sixteen years later, when that daughter was being installed at agricultural college, one of the lecturers recognised her& said: "You're the girl whose father led her about on that point all the time". We smiled, this was a slither of the life that we, & her little brother led, from birth through to adulthood. As soon as they were born I had done everything in my powers to put them first. ...