jiri is 5.
i made it through sept 11 without any commentary. the truth is that date is always intertwined with the birth of jiri. he was due any day and when those damn planes starting hitting everywhere and i just thought, "please let me not have this baby today." i sat on the floor and cried and cried and held eva who was only 2 at the time. he did wait, 5 whole days. we didn't have to go out into the scary world and deliver in a big white hospital. instead, i chose to push him out in my own bedroom surrounded by paul, eva and some dear women in my life and then roll over and go to sleep. fast forward: he turned 5 yesterday! and ya know, there's nothing sweeter in life than a 5 year old boy.
