got this from my friend Jeri.

It’s apropos of nothing current, has nothing to do with aviation, but the news on tv and radio nowadays is so effing depressing I thought I’d share this—it made me smile, so I thought maybe it’ll bring a smile to your day too.  A few more Ericas in this world, a few more 2^nd grade teachers such as anonymous? We may have a chance... 

The 'Middle Wife' by an Anonymous 2nd grade teacher

  I've been teaching now for about fifteen years. I have two kids  myself, but the best birth story I know is the one I saw in my own  second grade classroom a few years back.

  When I was a kid, I loved show-and-tell. So I always have a few  sessions with my students. It helps them get over shyness and usually, show-and-tell is pretty tame. Kids bring in pet turtles, model  airplanes, pictures of fish they catch, stuff like that. And I never,  ever place any boundaries or limitations on them. If they want to lug  it in to school and talk about it, they're welcome.

  Well, one day this little girl, Erica, a very bright, very outgoing  kid, takes her turn and waddles up to the front of the class with a  pillow stuffed under her sweater.  She holds up a snapshot of an infant. 'This is Luke, my baby brother,  and I'm going to tell you about his birthday.'
 
 'First, Mom and Dad made him as a symbol of their love, and then Dad  put a seed in my Mom's stomach, and Luke grew in there. He ate for  nine months through an umbrella cord.'
 
 She's standing there with her hands on the pillow, and I'm trying not  to laugh and wishing I had my camcorder with me. The kids are watching  her in amazement.
 
 'Then, about two Saturdays ago, my Mom starts going, 'Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh!'
 Erica puts a hand behind her back and groans. 'She walked around the house for, like an hour, 'Oh, oh, oh!' (Now this kid is doing a hysterical duck walk and groaning.)
 
 'My Dad called the middle wife. She delivers babies, but she doesn't  have a sign on the car like the Domino's man. They got my Mom to lie  down in bed like this.' (Then Erica lies down with her back against  the wall.)
 
 'And then, pop! My Mom had this bag of water she kept in there in case  he got thirsty, and it just blew up and spilled all over the bed, like  psshhheew!' (This kid has her legs spread with her little hands miming  water flowing away. It was too much!)
 
 'Then the middle wife starts saying 'push, push,' and 'breathe, breathe.  They started counting, but never even got past ten. Then, all of a  sudden, out comes my brother. He was covered in yucky stuff that they  all said it was from Mom's play-center, so there must be a lot of toys
inside there. When he got out, the middle wife spanked him for  crawling up in there in the first place.'
 
 Then Erica stood up, took a big theatrical bow and returned to her seat.

 I'm sure I applauded the loudest. Ever since then, when it's  Show-and-tell day, I bring my camcorder, just in case another 'Middle  Wife' comes along.