MY NEPHEW

Sep 03, 2006 00:40

Name: Jonahven Michael (Jonah) Mariani
Sex: Male
Birthdate: September 2nd, 2006
Time: 4:42 AM (YEA, FOUR FORTY TWO IN THE FLIPPIN MORNING LOL)
Place: UPMC Magee Women's Hospital, Pittsburgh PA
Weight: 8 pounds, 6 ounces
Features: Broad shoulders, bluish grey eyes, dark hair
Parents: Jennifer Reichart, Christopher Mariani
Grandparents: Ray and Suzanne Mariani, Valerie Reichart
Relatives: Brian, Ray, and Brett Mariani (father's brothers) Gregory Reichart (mother's brother)

So I am on the road, on the west side of Youngstown to be exact, and I get a call on my cell phone. ID says it's my bro in law, so naturally I answer. I hear my sister's voice on the line saying that Jonah will be coming this weekend as she was dialated 6cms, possibly even tonight. So I congratulate her, and figure after dinner tonight we might even head down there to see what was going on.

So I finish my drive back to 3040 Springwood Drive no sweat, and I proceed to be greeted at the door by my dog. My mom then asks me immediately if I am ready to go....I am puzzled. To dinner? I asked. I still had all my luggage in my hands. No. To the hospital, Jenny is progressing faster than expected. Someone forgot to call me, so I agree and next thing I know we are in my mom's Jeep stoppin at Wendy's to get food for the drive down to Pittsburgh.

We get there, and after gettin her a room, we sit down in the waiting room at 830 to see how this goes. The remnants of Ernesto are soaking the city right now, but I look out over Oakland and at Pitt's Cathedral of Learning from my spot on the terrace at Magee's to wait out the night and see when my nephew comes.

And we wait.

And we wait.

And we wait.

And we wait.

Then I ate some Doritos and drank Dr. Pepper from the vending machines.

Then we wait.

And wait.

And wait.

And wait.

By this time I have fallen asleep on the couch on the terrace since it has stretched way past midnight, 2 am, shit even Last Call with Carson Daly was over....what else to do bt sleep? So I did. Finally at 5 am, I am awoken by a strong hand to my shoulder, and who else it is but my brother in law, with his digital camera in his hand, showing me pictures of my nephew and asking me if I wanted to go back and see him. And he is the most darling creature to ever grace Earth. The minute I held him, I wanted to hold onto him forever and let him know that I love him unconditionally and I will forever. As long as my heart beats, and as long as my spirit lives. Beyond the stretch of time. And now that I'm back home after that EXTREMLY long night, I have to say that even though he was only a half hour old when I saw him and held him, I feel now like I miss him so much, that my heart is in another place but not inside my body. I just want to be near him and close to him and his mom and dad forever....they all mean the world to me. I love you guys!

My nephew. My life. My love. Forever.

PS If you want more details about that crazy night just talk to me, becaue there's a lot more I'm just omitting for the sake of good journalism ;) haha
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