At Mother’s Day Dinner My Family Made A Decision For Me And The Next Morning Everything Changed

My father reached over and muted the television from across the room without being asked.

Colette set one hand over her stomach and let the silence sit for exactly the right amount of time.

“Baby number three.”

My mother gasped and burst into tears so immediately it almost felt like a reflex she had been storing. She pushed back from the table and hurried continue reading …