First Date
A few weeks ago I went on my first "first date" in about 10 years. I'm a bit out of the whole dating-game. As we looked at each other across the table, each of us awkwardly clutching our drinks, I couldn't think of a single good conversation starter. Each one felt stilted; I'd know this person for a few years, so the basics were out of the question. I knew the number of siblings, the favorite food, their opinion on most sporting events. But it just didn't feel right jumping into questions like their views on education reform or religious freedoms or political opinions. Who wants to be that girl? But as I looked into the most gorgeous blue eyes I'd ever seen, I felt myself wanting to know only one thing, asking the same question I had almost two years ago when I first held this beautiful little girl in my arms: "Who are you, little one?" A month away from her second birthday and I still don't know. You would think that as a Stay-At-H