The Quarantine Life Continued-Mothers Day 2020 and Kyle's birthday

(The night before Mothers Day, Kacey invited-tagged Sarah on a facebook post. This post asked women when did they first become a mother. Sarah didn't know if she should respond to the question or not. She thought and dreamt long and hard about her first mothers day with John.)

Time Period: A Dream and Flashback

Place: A hut located somewhere in Central America

Situation: Enrique and an anxious Sarah (heavily pregnant and in a nesting mood) are waiting for John to be born

Enrique (observing Sarah): You are surely restless and anxious

Sarah (trying to find a comfortable sleeping position): I can't sleep. The impending birth is weighing heavily on my mind.

Enrique (gives Sarah a journal and the bible): While you wait, you write in this journal or read the bible. Journaling and reading the bible have often help me.

Sarah (trying to get up and walk): Maybe walking around can speed up things

Enrique (helping Sarah to gain her balance): I got you

Sarah (looking down at her wet dress): My water just broke

Enrique (running to get the village midwife): I am going to get the village midwife

Sarah (struggling through painful contractions): Please hurry up

Situation: John's actual birth

The midwife (applying pressure on Sarah's stomach): Push, Sarah, bear down

Sarah (crying, screaming, bleeding, and tearing all at once): AHA...AHA..AHA
AHA...AHA..AHA...AHA...AHA..

Enrique (holding Sarah's arms and legs): May God have mercy on you

Sarah (exhausted but still pushing through the pain): AHA...AHA...AHA

Midwife (feeling around for any fetal movement): The baby is in distress

Sarah (collapsing in Enrique's arms): I can't go on much longer. Please save the baby by whatever means. I want him to live. He deserves to live.

(The midwife sedates Sarah (aka puts Sarah to sleep temporarily) and then performs an emergency cesarean section. Enrique never once leaves Sarah's side. He witnesses John come into the world. Sarah bonds with John and the rest is history. The dream and flashback ends. In reality, Sarah wakes up to breakfast in bed on May 10. Her family gives her gifts for Mothers Day.)

Date: 5-11-2020

Special Event: Kyle's birthday

Sarah (leading Kyle (wearing a blindfold) into the dining room): Come with me

Kyle: What is the surprise?

Sarah (taking off Kyle's blindfold): Your birthday breakfast

The rest of the family (shouting): Happy birthday

Kyle (a little emotional): Thanks

(Kyle never imagined celebrating his birthday in quarantine, but it is what it is. His family gives him the following things: a poetry book, a journal, a guitar, and a new coat (the resistance fighters type of coat). Kyle ends the day with eating strawberry cheesecake and making love to his wife Sarah).