We know people who have spent thousands trying to reverse the course of nature with fertility pills, in vitro fertilization and the rest. Yet here we were, on the brink of menopause, fertile as a pair of teenagers. Everything seemed off by a generation. Since our kids weren't reproducing, we were making our own grandchildren. My mother corroborated our bewilderment.
Reality makes a convincing argument.
We really were a family. One afternoon in June we decided to name him Jeffrey, because we realized there was something right about it. It wasn't until after he was born that we found out why the name was perfect. More about that below. We wanted a little quiet and perspective before our lives changed completely.