Last night’s announcement got me to thinking about smiles, and what they convey. Rather than tell her Dad she was pregnant, SD (step-daughter) chose to write it out on a cute little Winnie the Pooh card and hand it to her Dad. She had one of those anticipatory “I know something you don’t know” smiles. You could tell something was going on. It’s possible that we didn’t make a big enough fuss. We’ve expected news like this for the last couple of months. I hope we didn’t dampen her joy at sharing the news because we didn’t shout and cry. There were plenty of broad smiles and hugs.

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