LIVING ROOM
MAGGIE (30’S) is pacing while ERIC (30’s) sits on the floor tossing three coins in the air. Beside him is an open book of the I-Ching.
MAGGIE
Well?
ERIC
Maggie, it’s six solid lines.
MAGGIE
No changing lines?
ERIC
Nope. That’s a first. I have never thrown a hexagram like that before. Have you?
MAGGIE
Well, we asked for a sign. And that sure is a sign alright. No ambiguity there. I guess we better start thinking of some names. Right? Eric?
(nothing from Eric)
What if he grows up to be a great painter.
ERIC
Or he could be a she.
MAGGIE
A scientist! An inventor! A musician. That’s something to think about. Imagine coming home to the sound of Mary Had a Little Lamb? Chopsticks? Three Blind Mice.
ERIC
Or we could imagine continuing just as we are? What do you say? Read more...
April 4, 2006
by Lee Eiferman
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