Waiting for Dear Teo
My mom sister and I stepped into our light blue Subaru and buckled up for the 1 hour journey ahead of us. “Are you ready to go to Lucia and Pito’s baby shower?” My mom asked Seren and I. “Totally!” Seren and I answered excitingly. I was going to Lucia and Pito’s baby shower because we’re really good friend friends with each other and Lucia will soon give birth to my nephew, Teo. Lucia and Pito baby sited me every week day of the year. They make me feel like I’m part of their family and helped me start to gradually get past the time my dad died when I was only 2. We slowly backed out of the drive way and started driving to the baby shower at an apartment building in Brooklyn Heights
When we arrived I helped my mom unload the present that was in the trunk of the car for Lucia and Pito to help them with Teo’s first years of his life. I stayed close to my mom because I barely knew anybody at the party. Eventually I told my mom, “I’m going to go talk to Pito.” “I’ll come too!” My mom happily replied. We found Pito and talked for a little while about how excited we were about Teo. Pito was going to be Teo’s father and we’ve been best buds for a long time. He even taught me a little bit of baseball! Pito does stuff with me that my dad would’ve done with me like, taking me sledding on snow days, and playing family games together. He would do that with me to fill the hole in my life I got when my dad died.
Soon after Pito, my mom, and I finished talking I found Lucia and we talked for a little bit about how Teo’s cute, little bedroom would look. Lucia is my sister’s best bud and will be Teo’s mother. Lucia became my baby sitter when I was 3 and Pito joined in when I was 3 and ½. Lucia watched me literally all the time to make sure that I was safe and always took my sister and I to the
5th avenue
street fairs.
Soon enough I had to go back home because it was already at night! I said my goodbyes to every one and hugged Lucia, Pito, and Teo,(The one who’s yet to be born.) I hopped into the Subaru with my mom and sister and we started driving back home.
“Did you have fun?” Mom asked my sister and I “How not?” the 2 of us answered. “I also can’t wait for Teo anymore.” I added. “Why?” My mom questioned me. “Because I know that he will change me.” I replied my mom understanding that I was serious about my comment. “Also Pito and Lucia filled the hole in my heart I got when dad died and I have to repay them. And helping them make Teo happy is how.”
It’s been A little more than 8 and ½ months since I found out about Teo and I’m getting anxious. Teo will mean almost every thing to me in the years of his life that I get to see because Teo will be my nephew and change me for sure. I know I can’t wait for Teo any longer and I don’t want to so I’m letting everything out. Lucia and Pito have meant almost everything to me since they became my baby sitters when I was 3. Every time the intercom beeps I hope it’s what I want it to say but every time I’m let down and I just feel disappointed. I hope that the next time the intercom beeps it will be for Teo and I and for a whole new link to life and family.
