How Charlie and I met.
Month 3
I went in for my first ultrasound to determine the health and sex of the baby. As the technician used the wand across my abdomen you can see the face, eyes, arms, legs, you can hear heart beats, and then the private parts are seen. It's a Girl. Then the Technician moves the wand around my tummy to see if there is more then one fetus and the are two more on the screen, This means Charlie and I are expecting triplets. Another Girl and a Boy. Three children in 1 delivery.
Going Home I wonder how I am going to tell Charlie that we are expecting Triplets. I stop at the local Hallmark store and grab a card and a gift bag and head for home. I pull into the driveway and park my car and head into the house to write my card to Charlie so he can read it over dinner.
I start to write Charlie a letter:
To my Dearest Love:
I remember the first time we met at the local horse track with a group of friends. I was standing off to the side and you walked over and asked me which horse I thought was a winner. I said the horse called Blue's Chance. A 3 yr old Roan Colt with red and grey silks owned by Cash it in Stables. His jockey was Pat Day a world famous jockey. The trainer was Tim Ritchey, a trainer based in Delaware Park, DE. The race was for $250, 000. Blue's odds were 50-1. I had already put 30.00 on him to win. You had taken my advice and placed 40.00 on him to win. The gates flew open and Blue took the lead and made the rest of the field look like it was standing still. He won by 6 1/2 lengths. Blue was beautiful in his movements as he ran away from the field. We both went up to the cash booth to collect our winnings and exchanged our phone numbers.
We dated for 6 months and got married on the same track where we made our winning bets on Blue's Chance. Who was our maid of horse that day we had gotten permission from the owner Bill Small who owns Cash it in Stables. Bill was touched by our story and gave us a small ownership of Blue as a token of his appreciation for us bidding on Blue. If Blue had not won that day he would have been sent to a horse slaughter house as he was not winning very many races.
As I write this I want to share how much you have touched me by being a wonderful husband and soon to be father to not one but three prescious babies.
All my love,
Amanda
I put the card in the envelope and sign the outside and place it in the gift bag I had bought earlier.