She Said I Couldn’t Hold The Baby Because Of “Germs” — The Real Reason Broke My Heart

who has been alone long enough to panic — a sound that does something to your nervous system that bypasses thought entirely and produces only one response.

He was in his bassinet in the living room, red-faced and working himself toward exhaustion, his tiny fists clenched at his sides. I picked him up without thinking, the way you reach for something continue reading …