The Day We Met Elvis and the Pope

Today was a very important and much anticipated day in my families life. The family I refer to is my daughter, wife, and me. We went to stand in line for a couple hours to meet a celebrity. The event we went to had all kinds of smaller events going on around it to entertain the hundreds if not thousands of guests in attendance. We choose to get in line to meet the events celebrity before going to all the free entertainment that surrounded the area. The event was scheduled from 10 AM to 3 PM. and we got there fashionably late at 11:30 or so. The people in line before us were moving very slow. Everyone in line wanted to spend as much time as possible with the person we were in line to see. Shan and I took turns holding our spot in line while the other entertained our two year old, Emma. Emma ran all over the place, climbing up and over picnic tables, running along a pseudo dock throwing rocks at the floating lily pads in the water below. After about an hour of distraction play Emma petered out. We were only about halfway through the line. I sat down at a nearby table and my baby girl fell asleep on my shoulder. I watched as Shan spoke to her neighbors in line. I was alone with my thoughts for the next 45 minutes or so. While my shoulder and arms fell asleep under the weight of a snoring little baby. I started to think about how the past two years have flown by. Just yesterday I had a baby that slept hard and long in a bassinet and today she can spell her name and go anywhere she wants. I get emotional in times like this because I never thought I would be a parent. Finally after a couple hours I see Shan waving at me to bring the sleeping monster to the front of the line as we get our turn to meet our celebrity. Who was this person you may ask? Was it the Pope, Elvis, Lady Gaga, or maybe Betty White? No it was Dr Robyn Poe Ziggler. Dr. Robyn is the fertility doctor that made Emma a reality. This was the first time we had the opportunity to see her since our daughter was born. There were hundreds of children at the Hunt Club today and Dr Robin was responsible for nearly all of them. I cannot imagine looking out at all of those faces children and parents alike and knowing I had a direct hand in creating these lives and making these families dreams a reality. Some of these kids, including my own, will become doctors or public servants that save and change lives.  Dr Robyn made this happen. I would not wait in line for anyone but I would have waited allot longer than I did to thank the women who gave Shan and myself our angel. We still rode the giant slide, ponies, and bounce house but it paled in comparison to meeting Dr. Robyn again. Every year Dr Robyn throws a family party for her past patients. She did not have one the past couple years after the economy dropped out. This was the first Robyn's Eggs event we could make and it was a highlight for the year. Thank you Dr Robyn.