This is deep. Yeah, it gets me pretty choked up.

A couple of weeks ago, we got a call from someone interested in renting SunDog House for a while. The young woman who called lives on St. Croix, has been here for a couple of months and she is due to give birth at the beginning of August.

Her mother wants to be here a short time before and after the birth of the baby. She would be coming over from St. Thomas and staying here with a friend. The girl’s father would also come at some point and stay here.

We were excited that we would be getting some local guests, people who understand island living and don’t have some of the ridiculous expectations that some statesiders have. She said she’d speak to her mother and get back to us.

She called back a few days ago wanting to come and see the house and bring a deposit for a week-long stay. It’ll probably be a longer stay, but we’ll start with a week. We’re flexible.

She and her fiance came over on Wednesday. They met Goliath and Mini (we kept Ruby and Harvey out back because they can be a little rambunctious and I didn’t want a pregnant woman being tripped by the two of them playing rough around her), and got the tour of the property.

They thought it would work, so we printed out a rental agreement, etc. and they went on their way.

The following day,  she called back and spoke to Michael on the phone. I could tell who it was and I cringed thinking that they had changed their minds and wanted to cancel. Michael told her he’d speak to me and we’d call her right back.
What he needed to speak to me about was the fact that they sort-of forgot to tell us that they wanted to have a home-birth, and would it be okay if they had their baby at SunDog House?

Yeah, I’ve got goosebumps again, and I’m getting all verklempt.

Someone wants to have a baby at our house.

This is Big Juju.

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