A Pinch of Salt

To take a statement with 'a grain of salt' or 'a pinch of salt' means to accept it but to maintain a degree of skepticism about its truth.

Origin
The idea comes from the fact that food is more easily swallowed if taken with a small amount of salt. Pliny the Elder translated an ancient antidote for poison with the words 'be taken fasting, plus a grain of salt'.

The suggestion is that injurious effects can be moderated by the taking of a grain of salt.

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Okay, I need to take a healthy grain of salt for all the negative thoughts that were harbouring in my mind. I should go sit down quietly in a corner and do this cleansing process in my mind to get it over and done with.

This is necessary because; I am expecting a baby!

It ought to be one joyous event but I am saddled with worry that anything that might go wrong, may go wrong.

This erroneous thought has impeded the flow of happiness to my heart and I am now determine to let it go.

Oh how I welcome a new life into my life!

For one, I love life!

I worried about everything, my tummy was not showing. Even at 23 weeks now, nobody knows unless I tell them.

How do I boost my deflated faith?

Every visit to the gynea is fine and progress is great, but still I would worry till the next visit.

How could I allow myself to be like this?

So for now, I will tell you more about my joys.

Baby's kicking and has kung-fu kicks that startled me on 2 occasions.

The tiny thing could kick so hard.

She is so daringly sweet. She responds especially to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra music I play for her each evening.

She doesn't like it when I sleep on my left, on the side, although research says that sleeping on the left gives better space & flow but she doesn't like it. She will kick in quick successions and I would give in to her. (!!!)

I am very fortunate I don't suffer from much adverse effects like a typical expecting mom, I am the same except for being generally fatter and ocassional fatigue. Oh, leg cramps in the wee hours is quite a dreadful thing though. Brendan massages my legs every night before bed, and that helps a lot. Shopping has become quite a feat and I do it in smaller portions now.

Other than that, we are getting a 4-room flat at the east, at Marine Parade, just across the East Coast Park. This is another milestone and I also look forward to it. We hope the HDB could expedite the transaction and let us have the keys to the house soon so that we can do some retrofitting.

So my friends, this is it.