A Note to my Brother

Photo circa 1982.

Here is a line from a recent email from my brother. "Take more pictures like those, they were great. You're looking really fat and that's a good thing."

Ok, maybe it's because you've been out of the country for too many years, or maybe it's a cultural difference, but you NEVER, EVER, gawd, EVER tell a pregnant woman that she looks fat. It's like #1 in the world wide book of rules of what NOT to say to a pregnant woman. It's the first RULE written in all CAPS, highlighted, underlined with ten exclamation points!!! Dude, not even to you sister. Bad! BAD brother!!!

Now as penitence, practice these ten times before you go to bed.
"No honey, you don't look fat at all. You have a big baby inside of you."
"You are so pretty, you are glowing."
"From your chest down, I can't even tell you are pregnant"
"It doesn't look like you've gained any weight at all except in your belly."

Love,
Your Sis