The Two Babies I Found Alone on a Plane Eighteen Years Ago Came Back Into My Life With a Document That Changed Everything

behind. There are responsibilities that go far beyond love.”

“Then help me learn what to do,” I said. “Teach me. Walk me through it. But please do not split them up.”

She looked at me with the tired eyes of someone who had seen this scene play out too many times before. “Sometimes love is not enough on its own.”

“Then I will become whatever else they continue reading …