My husband ignored my emergency C-section to celebrate with his first love—four days later, one nurse’s quiet sentence made him realize he’d lost everything

paused.

“That may be the wisest thing you’ve said since this began.”

Mark almost smiled.

Almost.

That evening, he sat in the nursery and began writing letters.

Dear Grace,
I missed the first time you cried. I will regret that for the rest of my life. But I heard about it, and I imagine it was fierce.

Dear Lily,
Your mother says you make a face when you don’t continue reading …