Eight years ago, I stood in a cold lobby, clutching a curly corded phone in my sweating hands.
I was about ten seconds away from a joyful shriek that was a pitch only dogs can hear.
"I'm pregnant," my sister said into the phone, a bazillion miles away. I felt the hot rush of excited adrenaline pulse all the way to the tips of my fingers as though she'd made her announcement right there, right where I was, right in that lobby.
"I'm having a baby."
30-odd weeks later, we welcomed the sweetest little girl into our family.
Today, that little girl has an announcement of her own.