Coming up roses

Things are coming along well for a work colleague. Her pregnancy is progressing normally even though she has gestational diabetes. She and her husband are closing on a house tomorrow. More space is needed with a new baby soon to join the family. Her daughter got into a charter school She told me today that she is nervous... nervous about losing her pay check, worried that with the new house payment her financial situation will be more precarious then it was with her daughter. She will look back at these days as the happiest in her life--a time of new adventures. For me, it is the same old daily routine.