Medical Miracle

Fiorella's second son was a medical miracle after four years of waiting, and he made up for the lost time by being so big that her obstetrician had Fio x-rayed for twins. So big that a stranger in the Sears Roebuck parking lot told Fio that she was the biggest pregnant woman he'd ever seen. So big that her shoe size went from an eight to a ten--permanently. But Fio loved every moment of her pregnancy.

The birth, though, was another matter. Son got stuck and Fiorella had to have an emergency c-section without anesthetic, but son--all eleven pounds, six ounces of him--was perfect. And in Fio's eyes, he's been perfect ever since.

 

Get Over It

Fiorella has spent most of her life pursuing perfection--and failed.

She's made mistakes and wrong choices.  She's let golden opportunities, as Frank Sinatra would say, "pass her by."  Her book has typos in it.

But according to theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, nothing in this universe is perfect, which means Fio is right in line.  Imperfection, according to the BIG BANG THEORY star, is what makes our universe work.  So maybe Fio's been doing it right all along.