Who’s Expecting?

Do you know who is soon to become a mother? Your cherished Mrs. Soriano! She is five months pregnant and is due to give birth on April 10. She has already heard her child’s miraculous heartbeat and seen the baby’s angelic curled up body during the ultrasound, like any mother’s dream. Mrs. Soriano will work determinedly until April and prepare for labor in a few days. She will be recuperating for two months and have a substitute cover her classes. In her two months of maternal leave, she will experience a new type of love: maternal love. Over the years, she has worked to connect with her students by giving them support and advice. Now Mrs. Soriano will take on the job of supporting and giving advice to her child when he or she is older. She will have the best of both worlds: being a parent and a teacher just like Ms. Lambert, Mr. Rodriguez, and Mr. Jimenez to name a few. Libra teachers with children gave her some heartwarming advice from their own experiences. Mr. Rodriguez advises her to “Get as much sleep as you can now. Take as many pictures and videos as you can the first year and keep a calendar to think back on what they did that day.” It will be nostalgic to remember their first steps, words, smiles, and funny moments. Mr. Jimenez, a father as well, counsels her to “Enjoy every minute you have with your newborn like every cry and every laugh. Make sure that you hold your baby as much as possible.” Once they grow up you will only remember their days of infancy as if it were a dream. Ms. Lambert, a loving mother emphasizes to “Get your rest. Nap with the baby. Enjoy every moment, the time flies, and if it’s a girl buy lots of pretty bows. Smile a lot.” These special moments will pierce your heart with an arrow of love and change your life forever. The other parents/teachers, including Mr. Ring, Ms. Koh and Ms. Granados, know that being a successful parent means you have to cherish and love your children so that he or she will grow up as a great person as a result their parents’ kindness. Like many of Mrs. Soriano’s former students and colleagues, Mari Pinzon has a message for her, “I wish her and her baby the best [...] I hope the baby comes out healthy and for [Mrs. Soriano] to enjoy a new chapter in her life.”

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