Lucy is Enceinte?

Enceinte:  Used in the adjective form the origin is French from Old French, ultimately from Latin inciens meaning pregnant.

The year was 1952...I have no recollection of the event as it would be years before I was born.  But on this day the television show I Love Lucy became the first show to make an acknowledgement of pregnancy in it's December 8th episode 'Lucy is Enceinte.'  Interestingly enough CBS would not allow the cast members to use the word pregnant...instead they could only use the word expecting.

Times have definitely changed for all of us.  The word pregnant now pales in comparison to some of the terms thrown about in today's world for someone who is expecting.  I couldn't begin to start listing all of the different words used today.

But today what overshadows all of history's moments for my generation was John Lennon's senseless killing by a deranged fan 30 years ago in 1980.  As a junior in college this act of violence was apalling to me...it was the talk of the dorm that day and for days after.  We could not comprehend why someone would take the life of a reknowned peace activist...a man who had a hand in shaping many of our young lives through his music and actions.  May he rest in peace.

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Side Note:  Today is Mother's Day in Panama