“Forget them right now.”
He was right.
I turned my attention to the only thing that truly mattered.
Olivia.
She was born the next morning, weighing seven pounds and one ounce.
When the nurse laid her against my chest, everything beyond that moment faded away.
For the next two days, Daniel and I barely thought about anything outside our hospital room.
We fed Olivia, changed her, learned to support her delicate little body, and slept whenever we could manage a few minutes.
By the time we were discharged, I desperately