After delivering a baby for a lonely mother, the doctor looked at the newborn’s face and dropped his instruments in shock. He stared into the baby’s distinct amber eyes and whispered, “where is the woman who brought you here?” The mother pointed to her bag, revealing an old photograph that solved a twenty-year-old mystery…

pillowed in my lap.

My cell phone vibrated on the floorboards. A text message from Logan.

Thank you for today, Jo. I am acutely aware that I don’t deserve the life I get a front-row seat to, but I am endlessly grateful you let me show up for him. I promise you, I’m never going to stop.

I read the glowing text twice, the cursor blinking in the dark room.continue reading …