I think the date was somewhere around November 4th, 2008. I was standing in line at CVS with a pregnancy test and a bag of twizzlers, not wanting to buy just the one thing. I had almost convinced myself I was having some sort of medical issue when it hit me that I was pregnant. I had given up on ever having a child a long time ago. I had a miscarriage several years ago, and thought something had gone wrong to prevent me from becoming pregnant. Yet, there I was with this test. I headed over to my friend Joyclyn's. It stated on the test it would take 2 minutes for the results. As I watched the "test material" make its way down the stick, the line began to appear immediately. I felt this was a sign the test was a dud; it was supposed to take 2 minutes, not 2 seconds. After going to pieces and wailing at Joyclyn that there was no way I could have a baby, I was having difficulty buying food for my cat, I left and went to Walmart. There, I bought two more tests and went home. I bought the kind that actually stated "pregnant" or "not pregnant". The instructions on these tests said it would take 3 minutes. Again I watched as the "material" made its way down and, again, the results that were to take several minutes appeared in seconds..."PREGNANT". I took three tests in total that evening, then one every two weeks for 6 weeks thereafter, just incase. Of course, within hours, I knew what I was going to do. Being a mother is the only thing I have ever wanted to be. I remember sitting with my mom years earlier, not too long before I lost her, crying about how badly I wanted a child. She told me that she knew I would have a child some day; that she knew what a wonderful mother I would be. Coming from her, that meant more than she probably realized. The only thing she was wrong about was the gender; she thought I would have a girl. That may have been wishful thinking on her part... In any case, until my first ultrasound appointment, I was on the internet almost every night looking up baby names for a girl... I loved being pregnant. I've had a problem with my weight as long as I can remember, but I was so excited when I started to show. I sang the ABC song, downloaded classical, talked to him all the time, mostly telling him how much his mommy loves him... We went through the 80's; Journey, Def Leppard, Ratt, BonJovi.. I loved singing to him and reading to him. Once I could feel him moving and really started to feel like a mommy, I knew why I had never really been happy as an adult, I knew what had been missing. My son......