Ears

Dear Ziggy,

That last note I wrote you reminded me of something I’ve been wanting to talk to you about for a while.

Your ears.

We always knew you’d be a combination of the both of us, but we didn’t know how precisely and equally that would manifest itself until we got a peek at your ears.

Your right ear, it’s exactly like your Daddy’s:

The outer edge is rounded.

Your left ear, it’s exactly like mine:

The outer edge is crimped flat.

It’s subtle enough that most people wouldn’t notice. But of course it’s one of the first things we noticed about you.

I know you will have many other traits that will show themselves as coming from me and others that will clearly come from your Dad but it’s nice having a constant visual reminder that you are the sum of us. It’s almost as if that divine thing in the universe that put you together was chuckling to itself when it chose those two ears for you.

I think this is rather spectacular. Just like you.

You are so unique in so many ways and you haven’t even learned how to crawl yet. I can’t wait to find out more about you. All those secret hidden things the naked eye cannot see.

Love,
Mommy