After 3 Boys, We Gave Up Our Dream of a Daughter—Then My Husband Called Me to the Hospital and Said, “There’s a Baby Here”
He considered.
“Because throwing them away felt like saying the dream had been stupid.”
I looked at him.
“It wasn’t stupid.”
“No.”
I leaned against his shoulder.
Then asked the question I’d been avoiding.
“Marcus, are we doing this because she is a girl?”