“Buzz, Buzz…” It took me a while to realize my phone was vibrating. In a world of limited social interaction, a phone call automatically signals the alarm bells. Why would my best friend call me during work hours? Surely something must be wrong.

            And there she was on the other end, trying to catch her breath.

“Hello, hello… are you alright?”  I said. This was so unlike her, to lose her very well known “cool.”

Then she suddenly blurted out… “I am pregnant, I cannot believe it.”

In our twenties this would have been, news for an immediate celebration. But…