I started a scrapbook for Little Guy with pictures and letters that I write to him. I also print these blog entries with the comments to put in there, so feel free to write messages to him any time. Everyone is welcome to send hand-written letters to him too! One of my favorite things is this little journal my mom wrote to me when I was a baby, so I want to do the same for my baby. It's also a good opportunity to tell him about his family and let him know what the world was like while he was just a tiny thing. (I put in the front page of the newspaper from Inauguration Day, for instance.)
Now that our scary tests are over, I've had time to think about how grateful I am to have health insurance! We are very lucky to be able to move on from that experience without the burden of medical bills. You normally only hear bad things about insurance companies, but our insurance company has been wonderful. We haven't had any billing problems and they cover so many things other companies don't, including a breast pump! I agree that the number of people in the US without medical insurance is a crisis, and I hope Obama manages to extend some sort of coverage to everyone. But I also wonder what this experience would have been like if we had universal healthcare. We may not have had access to some of the tests, or had to wait a lot longer to get in to the doctor. On the flipside, it's always in the back of my mind that we would be in serious financial trouble if we lost our jobs and insurance.
Gotta run - the quiche I'm making is burnt on the sides and runny in the middle... typical suppertime at the Fortneys!
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