My Family Told Me To Call A Cab When Labor Started Then Came Asking To See The Baby

I had never met but who was apparently fierce and kind and a force to be reckoned with. The nurse placed her on my chest for one brief moment before they took her for the standard newborn procedures, and I felt something settle in my chest. Not just love. Something larger and more terrifying. A promise.

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