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10:34pm, Tuesday, August 29th…

I awoke this morning and told Kami that she was going to have the baby today. I had just had a very clear dream of Kami holding our newborn. Nothing more than that image, but it was crystal clear.

By mid-day I was consumed enough with work and other distractions to forget about the dream. I had a listing presentation in the morning (an ordained listing presentation, but that’s for another day), and after that I rushed home to finish painting the kitchen and family room ceilings before Kami’s doctor appointment. The appointment was uneventful - 1 cm dilated, 80% effaced, talk of a Thursday inducement. Kami and her mom stayed at the hospital for a stress test (electrical test monitoring the baby’s heartbeat and the rate/severity of contractions), and I went home to finish the painting.

Oddly enough, I finished the painting much sooner than I expected. Kami and her mom returned in time to help me put the rooms back in order and start dinner. In a move I considered rude at the time, I was overwhelmed with hunger (to the degree that I felt faint), and despite the fact that we were entertaining company, I ate my dinner before everyone else could even sit down. Inversely, Kami wasn’t hungry at all.

Our guests sat down for dinner. Three bites in, I got a phone call. Looking at the caller ID, I was confused to see “Kami’s Cell” was the source (considering that she was in the house - I had though in our master bedroom).

“Ummm, I think my water just broke…”

I hung up the phone without saying anything and walked a brisk pace to the bedroom. As we rushed to gather our bags we talked about the events of the day: the dream; the two-hour nap Kami took in the morning; finishing the painting; my onset of hunger that allowed me to have a full meal before rushing out; Kami’s lack of hunger that kept her from the dining room when her water broke.

We’re out of triage now, and in our hospital room. Kami is on an exercise ball, leaning over her bed with each contraction. While many of the events of the day could be explained through physiology and psychology, there is no doubt in our minds that God had His hands on us.

It’s a good thing to know, in a time like this.
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