Telling Amanda

My husband, Clint, wanted his daughter, Amanda, to be the first to know. She is in a boarding school right now, so we had to call and get special permission to talk to her outside of our regular call time. Clint was very determined to tell her before anyone else knew. We were on our way to have lunch with my best friend, Selena. I had talked to her the night before and told her I was going to take a pregnancy test when I woke up the next morning. I knew she would ask about the results, so we were trying to get in touch with Amanda before we met up with Selena and her husband. We arrived at the restaurant and were waiting for our friends and a call from the school. As soon as my friends arrived, we received a call from the boarding school. It must have been our lucky day! We told our friends we would meet them inside and went back to the car to talk to Amanda. Clint was very emotional throughout the phone call, as were Amanda and myself. Amanda was excited, but also disappointed because she is not here with us right now. After the call, we went into the restaurant and sat down with our friends. The first thing Selena asked was, "Have you taken any tests lately?" I nodded and smiled. She knew what that meant and had to fight back tears. She is having her first baby in 7 weeks, and I am not too far behind her. Wow!!!