I Was Told My Newborn Had Died—Then My Eight-Year-Old Son Asked Why Daddy Had Paid Aunt Rachel to Take the Crying Bundle

“Different from that.”

He nodded thoughtfully.

“Do babies know how to hold things?”

“Sometimes their fingers close around yours.

They don’t hold toys the way you do yet.”

“Then I can hold it for her.”

“You can.”

We walked back toward the vehicle.