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…

can find it in your heart to allow me to be that.”

I looked down at the tiny, rhythmic rise and fall of Noah’s chest beneath the blankets. He had no concept that two adults were fiercely negotiating his survival in a sterile hospital lobby.

“Three months,” I whispered, the fight draining out of me.

Robert nodded, relief washing over his features. “Three continue reading …