Tiny little life

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

I became an uncle for the second time today. My sister-in-law gave birth to a baby girl this morning. I can’t wait to go meet my little niece.

On the other hand, I’m also supposed to be meeting the other member of my family that I talked about earlier, to talk about the abuse and the history of certain things. I guess today is a pretty good microcosm of life as a whole, eh? Things worth celebrating going on at the same time as things that are difficult.

We’ll have to see how the schedule for the evening works out.

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