After years of infertility, Megan and Alex finally adopt a silent six-year-old girl. Just as their new life begins to settle, a single sentence from their daughter unravels everything they thought they knew…
When you’ve spent ten years trying to have a child, you start to think that the universe is punishing you for something you can’t name.
I don’t know how many appointments we went to.
I think I lost count after the fifth clinic and after the seventh specialist who said we should “manage expectations.” They always used such careful language, as though avoiding the word no would soften the blow.