what could have been.

25 years ago there was a pregnant woman who was probably thinking something like "Alright baby, today is the day you are due. You can come out now."
Little did she know, it would be 16 days before that baby would make her appearance.
The woman is my mother. The baby? Me.

Now, to carry on
with my own tradition
of beginning my birthday countdown
on the-day-that-could-have-been...