Seeing Pink!!!

CONGRATULATIONS, JESSICA AND STEVEN!!!!

Our daughter, Jessica and son-in-law, Steven are expecting their first baby in August. They shared the good news with us when we were stateside in January.

They sent us a photo this morning via e-mail. It was the picture above of them holding a pair of red baby tennis shoes. I thought....oh, that's cute! They're having fun seeing baby stuff in the stores!

A few minutes later my husband Jeff, entered the room where I was meeting with my friend, Luciana, and studying about different religious cults---in Portuguese and my brain was MUSH! Jeff said, "did you get Jessica and Steven's picture they sent today?" "I sure did", I replied and went on conversing with Lu. He said, "They're having a girl!" "How do you know", I replied. "Because in the picture they sent they're holding PINK baby tennis shoes!", he said.

I had a "caiu a ficha" moment!!! Let me explain....there's a phrase in Portuguese, "caiu a ficha" which literally means "the token dropped", referring back to the days when tokens were used in pay phones and when they were dropped in, they'd make a clinking noise. It means that something dawned on me/someone, or it clicked, or I got it. Jessica's pregnant with a girl!

I immediately had to leave the house after my meeting and beat the afternoon rush hour to the grocery store or it would be evening before I could get home. In the middle of the grocery store, the emotions hit me!!!! My daughter and son-in-law are having a GIRL!!!!!! Strangers in the store must have thought I was nuts as I told them through my tears that my daughter was having a baby girl in August!!!

And I'm just curious...in the photo above, on your screen are those tennis pink or red?!! Here in Rio, they look RED to me!!! And, they're really cute! I hope Jessica and Steven bought them!

Anyways.....Jeff and I are having a GRANDDAUGHTER!!!! God is good---ALL THE TIME!

Seeing red....I mean PINK and Praising God!

Diane (for/with Jeff)