How To Be Happy

So tonight we let P's family know our news. At first, I think they needed a few seconds to process the fact that we weren't telling them I was pregnant, because their reactions weren't instantaneous. Looking at them, I really think that's what they were expecting to hear. As it sunk in, and the more we spoke, the excitement was building. Lots of questions were asked and hugs went around; our nephew Adam is in charge of compiling names he likes since he was interested in that end of things. It felt good to tell, and to bask a little in their happiness for us. Over the last year especially, we've had so very little to feel happy about. It's kind of hard to reverse our mind set: that this will work, we will have a baby, and we have things to be happy about. We're trying to learn how to be happy.