“Determined.”

“She is.”

For the rest of that hour, we talked about both children.

PART 7 — A Plan for Both Children

While the company was reviewing invoices, Dana and I were addressing a different set of papers.

In the third week after the birth, Garrett requested that Owen stay with him for a full night.

His proposal did not make an equivalent arrangement for Harper.

I read it at the kitchen table with a clean bottle drying beside my elbow.