I Thought the White String in My Egg Was Something Dangerous—The Truth Completely Surprised Me

were born.

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I thought she meant the exhaustion. The fear. I’d felt both of those things too, standing in that room with two tiny humans who needed everything from us and couldn’t ask for any of it in words.

I reached for her hand.

“We’ll figure it out.”

Claire pulled her hand back. “You’re not hearing me.”

She said it slowly, the way you say something continue reading …