Hank Azaria, girlfriend Katie Wright, have a boy PLUS personal news from me

He's premature, but otherwise in good health:

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20284301,00.html

Which makes me bring some news of my own, as you handful of regulars here at a.t.s. are the closest things I have to online friends. (I'm sure my exuberance thrills you... :)

First, the bad. A few months ago, Aaron posted a message titled "The Simpsons don't really matter" or some such, about serious things going on in his life. Well, in October of 2008, my mother passed away. She had fought cancer for about 20 years of her life, and beat it back mostly. Finally, she succumbed to a brain tumor (or, more likely, more than one - according to the doctor).

Now, the good. About a month and a half later, my wife became pregnant. This will be our first child, for both of us. We had never really tried to prevent conception, but we have been together for about 15 years, and we had just assumed we were never going to have kids. She's in her late 30s, I am in my early 40s. We certainly weren't expecting this, but we do feel blessed.

It's bittersweet - my mom would have loved to have grandkids. I am an only child, so she never got to have any.

The baby's due August 25th.

-- R Flowers

"R Flowers" wrote

Actually, it depresses me, because the same applies in reverse!

Surviving cancer for 20 years is quite an achievement, you should be proud of her.

Not to mention relieved! I just hope you have the energy when you're 60 to deal with a 20-year old!

Any names in mind - Lisa, Bart, Poonam, Sashi, Pria, Uma....?

Congratulations from that other hemisphere, anyway.

Paul

On Jun 10, 11:59 pm, "Paul Bartram" <paul.bartram AT OR NEAR lizzy.com.au> wrote:

I just hope the 20 year old has the energy to deal with her 60 year old parents. :)

I was going to name her Apple, but it was already taken by a movie star's kid... so we decided on Apple IIGS.

Thanks.

-- R Flowers

You have my condolences. And congratulations on the baby.

In spite of the bad things in my life (my brother's life, actually), my brother is a bona fide lung cancer survivor. The cancer was eradicated and so far has not returned. He is still upset about his girlfriend being hit by a car, but he will survive.

Mr. Mvsevm

Congratulations!!! Now there will be 2.25 times as much love in the house.

Actually, three times as much. There are 2 units of love now 2!, and soon there will be six, 3!.

Xino, er, I mean, Mr. Mvsevm

On Jun 11, 12:03 pm, "[email]" wrote:

Actually, there are 4 units of love now, since I assume that R Flowers and his wife each love themselves. Then, when Maggie is born, she will love herself and each of her parents. That gives us 3 units. R Flowers and his wife will love each other, themselves, and Maggie. That makes 6 more units. 9/4 =2.25.

I wonder what Xino's take on this is.

Xino will point out that the baby might not be named Maggie.

Your math is correct. From two squared to three squared.

Maybe Xino is in New Jersey, trying to find Jimmy Hoffa's body.

Mr. Mvsevm

I am truly sorry for your loss and can thoroughly empathize wth you. I lost my mothr to pancreatic cancer and my life pretty much shut down. When good things happen in my life I can no longer share them with her. I have PTSD and my mother had devoted her life to helping me heal. I hope your mother will meet mine in heaven because from your description she sounded a lot like mine.

Congrats on your upcoming Maggie. How about the name Maggie (Margaret)? It's feminine, timeless, and means "pearl". Both Marge and Maggie are variations. Pics are a must,

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Congratulations to the both of you :)

Thanks to all of you. When she is born, I'll put some pictures up on Flickr, or something.

-- R Flowers