I want my friend to know that every decision will no longer be routine. That a five-year-old boys desire to go to the mens room rather than the womens at a restaurant will become a major dilemma. The issues of independence and gender identity will be weighed against the prospect that a child molester13 may be lurking14 in the lavatory15. However decisive she may be at the office, she will second-guess16 herself constantly17 as a mother.

Looking at my attractive friend, I want to assure her that eventually18 she will shed the added weight19 of pregnancy20, but she will never feel the same about herself. That her own life, now so important, will be of less value to her once she has a child. She would give it up in a moment to save her offspring21, but will also begin to hope for more yearsnot to accomplish her own dreamsbut to watch her children accomplish theirs.

I want to describe to my friend the exhilaration22 of seeing your child learn to hit a ball. I want to capture23 for her the belly laugh24 of a baby who is touching the soft fur of a dog for the first time. I want her to taste the joy that is so real it hurts.

My friends look makes me realize that tears have formed in my eyes. Youll never regret it, I say finally. Then, squeezing25 my friends hand, I offer a prayer for her and me and all of the mere mortal women who stumble26 their way into this holiest of callings.

时光任苒，朋友已经老大不小了。我们坐在一起吃饭的时候，她漫不经心地提到她和她的丈夫正考虑要小孩。我们正在做一项调查，她半开玩笑地说。你觉得我应该要个小孩吗?

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