My Nephew Has Arrived!

It was a rude awakening at 2:30a.m. "Brad my water just broke." I was up and ready in a record time. I even jumped into and out of the shower before the water could get warm. It was as if subconsciously I had rehearsed what it was I had to do next, but with all honesty my adrenaline took over and I just acted and not thought. We gathered everything up and got to the car. She wasn't having contractions, which I would later find out was a sign that my 2:30am day would not be over until very very late.
As we got to the hospital Shane, who we'd talked to on the phone several times met us, and helped us into our room. Daddy to be was more nervous than I was, perhaps he knew what was to come, or perhaps I was just content with my uncertainty. It wouldn't be until that night after 8:00pm that she would have the baby, and with long hours of waiting in the lobby and the very exhausting routine of cafeteria cuisine and stale coffee, It was finally time for me to meet my new nephew. He wasn't what I though he'd be.
He was a good looking new born. I thought that new born babies were notoriously ugly, but with a head of black fuzz, and facial features that blatantly quote the mother and father. I'm amazed at how good looking my nephew turned out to be. Cole Hudson Prettyman 5lbs. 15ounces, and long. He's the coolest thing I can think of right now.
The more I thought about having a nephew, the more it made me think. (This is the deep part) it's actually given me a renewed interest in tomorrow, not only in tomorrow, but in the future of the living. Seeing this small human that was unable to care for itself, and the fact that it may not have even realized what it had just begun made me largely more sympathetic to the future, and it's well being. Call me cold, call me a sucker, call me an uncle, but my thoughts about things have changed, and I can only guess that this is for the better.