|Carmella|
The book rested lightly in my lap, its pages adorned with illustrations and thoughtful paragraphs of advice for expectant mothers. Each word felt like a soothing hand on my shoulder, offering quiet encouragement for this miraculous journey. I had been so absorbed in the chapter on prenatal care that I hadn't noticed the minutes ticking by, the sunlight shifting across the room as the day wore on.
To think--just weeks ago, the idea of being pregnant wasn’t even a fleeting thought in my mind.
It all began with a missed period, of course. At first, I chalked it up to stress, the erratic demands of life, or an irregular cycle. My disappearance had taken toll to each one of us. But as the days stretched into weeks, a peculiar feeling began to take root deep in my gut, one I could
