Two more months!
The countdown has started. You are at hand.
Two more months!
The excitement keeps on coming very rigidly. You’re arrival is really evident. And by God’s grace, I can look directly in your eyes two months from now.
You seem so joyous these days. Most of the time, mama touches you in her belly and you try to extend your arms trying to unzip the barrier towards your tiny hands stretching towards hers. Most of the time, you swim in the wonders of a tiny pool of fluids in your free residence now. How can you do that? Really, it is a divine intervention. I have also felt your movements over Marj’s tummy, and it creates in me a tumultuous haste for a small movement of yours. Knock knock, are you ok in there?
We just visited you recently via an ultra sound performed to check your vital conditions. Although I was not given the opportunity to view you at a live posture, still we are thankful to the Creator that you are developing according to 29 weeks stay in the womb.
Last Saturday, January 20, 2007 was the first ever purchase (with cash outlay only) of your clothes and other paraphernalia. We have spent considerably number of hours going here and there in the pathways of Baby Shop in the Center Point of Al Saad. Ah, we have confirmed once again that purchasing some presents for the male gender is really difficult (e.g birthdays, parties, anniversaries). We have had limited shades of blue, green, white, cream. We will also make an addendum to the list with the color of dark red, and orange. Yet, we, your parents, are both excited to dress you up and be with us in the ride of 308925 Mitsubishi bound to the church most especially, or stroll in the Corniche, or fly with us to Philippines. And hey, you have caps too (a five or six I guess).
You will be named as JERSHO MARKIEL. JERSHO is from the Biblical Name GERSHOM which means stranger in foreign land and MARKIEL is from Biblical Name MALKIEL which means God is My King. We have chosen GERSHOM as the base as you will know upon your birth that because of life’s odds and difficulties, we have to leave our birth place and be workers in a land where, although high hopes are at the horizons, we are still sojourners. GERSHOM is the laymen’s term for OFW. MALKIEL was considered as seemingly His ministry may not be unbelievable here as this is a Muslim Country, but still His faithfulness abounds, that we are still able to worship Him daily.
Not unless, your tito’s and tita’s here in Friendster can suggest a better name which starts with J and M, this will be your name. Your nickname I will whisper it to you soon.
(Hi ka-friendsters, be part of this. Please suggest names, or give comments to above name).
February and March. Short time we wait and you will now fill up the empty space to the frame of our so called family.
See you after two weeks!