Strangers are noticing....

it's really exciting (to me) that i am starting to show. i felt like for a while i was just looking a little chubby. and in fact i still have those days every once in a while. in fact, a woman i work with commented that she was beginning to wonder if i was either pregnant or "hitting the bottle". i guess that's her way of saying i looked like i had a beer belly. but yeah, people who don't know me are starting to notice. which is nice. in fact, in one case it even brought me to tears. could be the hormones.
i was out for a walk last week, and i was walking towards home. a man started to cross the street towards me. the man looked sort of "rough around the edges". he was carrying his belongings with him and sort of stumbled as he walked. i am ashamed to admit this, but i was honestly feeling worried and a little bit threatened, and i was wondering why he chose to cross in the middle of the street to get to the side i was on. i quickened my pace, and just then the man looked at me and said, "i just wanted to say good luck with your baby, ma'am." i looked at him, thanked him, and then i cried all the way home. what a sweet man to wish me such kindness, even while i was judging him and making assumptions. i soooo appreciated not only his good wishes, but his ability to tell i was pregnant! HE didn't think i looked chubby....