At family dinner, i said: “i’m about to give birth…

home now, both healthy. She sat across from me, looked at Miles in my arms. 8 weeks old, chunky and happy.

He’s beautiful, she said. Thank you. So are they. Silence for a moment.

Then Heather said, “I didn’t know what they did to you.” I looked up. The night of my shower, she continued, “I didn’t know you called. I didn’t know you were in labor. I didn’t continue reading …