the coins

friday night we flipped another coin. are we pregnant? we asked. yes, it replied.

forth time it had said that.

saturday morning i woke up super early. my breasts were hurting. my period was six days off.

the coins had said i was pregnant.

i took a test. i watched the strip carefully and kept looking from the strip to the instructions, wondering if i could possibly be seeing things correctly.

two pink lines.

TWO PINK LINES!

i ran to the bedroom to j., who was still fast asleep. "j.! j.! j.! i'm pregnant!"

j. scooped me up and held me close, with tears in his lashes.

we went out for thai food. then we went ice skating. baby loved it all.

(ps. four coin flips said it's a girl.)