Birthing Summer
Act I: Firstborn Arrival
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2 min readApr 13, 2024
I was there for you, my firstborn, and I thought I was prepared. I thought a lifetime of conversations and several weeks of antenatal classes would carry our anticipation from your first scan to birth plans — and in some respects, it did, but the extent to which you know is tested in how you act — and so in as much as I thought our meticulous plans would make the greatest of Generals proud, we…
