Life is a matter of inches

Right now my life is a matter of inches. When I look at Anney's belly I realize that our daughter is just inches from changing our lives forever. I am inches from being able to hold my baby daughter and begin guiding her through her life. I am inches from being a 'daddy'. It is like when I reached for Anney's hand on our wedding day and inched the ring from its resting place on the Bible to its permanent place on her finger. Only inches to a wonderfully changed life. I am inches from seeing what Anney plus Craig equals. Sofie is inches from not only changing our lives, she is also inches from changing my parents from their 42 year titles of Mom and Dad to Grandma and Grandpa and Anney's parents to becoming Oma and Opa for the third time. She is inches from making my brother an Uncle for the first time. She is inches from being Daddy's little breathing , crying and huggy little girl. She is inches from making a grown man cry.