I love my neighbours and this week I had a catch up with one of them while sitting on her porch in the sun.

She was telling me about her mother and how she is a remarkable woman and does not think she has much longer to live.

We both shed a tear and then started talking about my expectant arrival and how I felt about it.

It was a certainly a conversation about the circle of life and the legacy we leave for our children.

It is true; you never really understand unconditional love until you are a parent.

That is not to say you can’t love completely without children, it’s just different.

I mean I totally loved my husband before my son came along, but the love I have for him and my son now has swelled immensely.

I suspect it is because that love has transcended into an extension of both of us.

Now I have heard from various sources that there may be slight issues loving your second child as much as the first which, in my humble opinion, I find difficult to believe.

At the end of the day, all children are individual and will have different needs, but after going through the process of having them I can’t imagine not loving number two as much as number one.

Anyway putting that aside, the process of preparing for a new arrival is the same and I am starting to panic wondering if I have remembered everything I need.

Even Michael is panicking. He's lost the instructions on how to assemble the cradle!

Whenever the little one arrives, as they do pop out when they feel ready, all I know is a loving family is waiting and I’m going to do my hardest to create a long lasting legacy.

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