“Our baby is finally here.

Our baby is finally here.” I had known Lauren for years, through all the disappointments and all the grief, and I had never, in all that time, seen her look the way she looked in that moment.

Every ounce of the weight she had carried for years was simply gone from her face, replaced by a joy so complete it was almost unbearable to witness.

And then Ethan stepped closer, to see his daughter for the first time.