DesiPundit

Cynic is in a thoughtful mood after her close friend had a baby.

… there is this other whole set of tangled emotions which are also happening simultaneously.

Predominant amongst them is awe. The fact that someone you know so well has actually gone over to the other side. A person who was the ordinary girl next door has suddenly, miraculously created a person. A person who will eventually be a human being with feelings and emotions and opinions and intelligence. Try as you might, the brain struggles to reconcile the friend you know so well as the person who has brought a human being into the world.