The waiting is over.  The waiting is truly over.

• The clock has stopped
• The bus has arrived
• The pot is boiling
• The movie’s started
• The bill’s been paid
• The alarm clock is buzzing
• The doctor will see you now
• The battery’s dead
• The fat lady sang
• Godot is standing in front of you
• “shhh…shhh…shhh” The record’s over
  (You have to be older for that one)
• The cat’s out of the bag
• The light turned green
• The results are in
• The homework’s all finished
• it’s been taken off the back burner
• your thumbs are now free
• the curtain’s been raised
• (Mother talking), “Didn’t I tell you this would happen?”
• I found a fourth
• the coin’s been tossed
• opportunity has knocked
• “She looks so natural in the casket”
• “It’s showtime”
• the ship has docked
• the ice has melted
• your time has come
• The mailman is here
• The gate is closing
• The child made curfew
• The sun has set
• It’s 5 o’clock somewhere
• The check’s arrived
• (Red Skelton),  “Good night and God Bless.”
• (Jackie Gleason), “Can I have a little traveling music please?”
• (Jesus Christ), “It is finished”

The waiting is truly over.  It’s time.  Time for…

• overdue forgiveness toward a friend
• overdue forgiveness toward yourself
• the unsaid word of gratitude
• the unwritten “thank you” note
• an emptying of grudges
• a release of comparisons
• the painful confrontation
• that unread book
• that dreamed trip never taken
• that son who doesn’t call you
• that daughter who thinks you don’t act your age
• that excellence in work you promised yesterday
• release of silly, nonproductive thoughts
• that shy neighbor you’d swear is a terriorist
• fulfilling a promise that now’s lost with a new promise to be honored in 2016
• the peace and contentment expected tomorrow

The baby’s been born.  It is time.