What a wonderful pronoun. So much better than “it.” Virginia went in for an ultrasound today and found out that “it” is a she. I know that Virginia had a strong suspicion that it was a girl all along, and I guess that I have been assuming that myself (but nice to get confirmation). Makes it easier to know.

Don’t know why I thought about the Elvis Costello song, “She,” when I heard the news, but I do love that song. It is from the movie Notting Hill. A Hugh Grant movie that I love (as if there was a Hugh Grant movie that I didn’t love). Also has Julia Roberts, which isn’t too bad. Virginia and I watched the movie early on in our relationship. It is interesting how things come around in life.

I did a little research about the song and it turns out that the Elvis Costello version was a cover originally released by Charles Aznavour. It reached #1 on the billboard charts in 1974 (the year I was born). Fun fact.

It is a love song, but it has a lot of uncertain qualities about it. I guess that I am feeling a lot of uncertain things myself. I was very happy to hear the news today. I didn’t really think that it would do much for me, but I guess I was wrong. Seems like there might be a lot of surprises in store for me in the coming years.

Here are the lyrics for the song.

She may be the face I can’t forget
The trace of pleasure or regret
Maybe my treasure or the price I have to pay
She may be the song that summer sings
May be the chill that autumn brings
May be a hundred different things
Within the measure of a day

She may be the beauty or the beast
May be the famine or the feast
May turn each day into a Heaven or a Hell
She may be the mirror of my dreams
A smile reflected in a stream
She may not be what she may seem
Inside her shell….

She, who always seems so happy in a crowd
Whose eyes can be so private and so proud
No one’s allowed to see them when they cry
She maybe the love that cannot hope to last
May come to me from shadows in the past
That I remember ’till the day I die

She maybe the reason I survive
The why and wherefore I’m alive
The one I care for through the rough and ready years

Me, I’ll take the laughter and her tears
And make them all my souvenirs
For where she goes I’ve got to be
The meaning of my life is
She….She
Oh, she….

And for those of you who don’t know the movie or song here is a YouTube video: