My Mother-in-Law Saw My Newborn Daughter’s Arm and Went Pale—Then She Told Us We Couldn’t Keep Her
“We’re not letting you touch paint after what happened to the nursery border last time.”
Normal family teasing.
It felt wonderful.
Our son, Miles, was born healthy.
No clover mark.
Beatrice inspected him anyway.
I caught her.
“Beatrice.”
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