I wanted to be a mother more than anything. After years of loss and heartbreak, my prayers were finally answered — and my family grew in ways I never imagined. But 17 years later, one quiet sentence from my adopted daughter broke my heart.
I sat in my car in the parking lot of the fertility clinic, watching a woman walk out holding an ultrasound photo.
Her face glowed like she’d just been handed the world.
I was so empty I couldn’t even cry anymore.