Wednesday, April 28, 2021

 

X is for Xia

 

 

She knew she could not live with him anymore. Not when he told her in the third month of her pregnancy. “It has to be a boy. There is still time. Let`s do the sex-determination test. I know a doc who will do it unofficially for us. It will save us from heart break later if it turns out to be a girl…”

She knew then that they had no future together.

***

It was time. She dialed the clinic. "My water just broke Doc.”

“Come now. Take a cab please. Don`t drive.”

“Yes.”

“You are almost there. What took you so long,” chided the doctor as they wheeled her in the delivery room.

In a few minutes she was holding on to a miracle. She kissed her little Xia.

"Xia? Unusual. What does it mean?" asked the doctor

“Sunrise.” she smiled weakly.

A new beginning.



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6 comments:

  1. Lovely!
    Wasn't aware that Xia meant sunrise. A beautiful name for a child. :)

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  2. I cannot understand why people are obsessed with the gender of the unborn child. All they should worry whether the baby is healthy.

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  3. Lovely. Hopeful. Powerful.
    Loved it.

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  4. Gender is just a label. We are all human beings who breathe the same air to live.
    Nice meaningful story. :-)

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  5. @Srivalli - Thank you :-)

    @SG Sadly they are!

    @Arti Thanks

    @Pradeep Thank you- exactly it is just a label

    @Ira I am glad to know that

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