Two weeks after Naomi’s birth we scheduled to meet with Pam, Patti, and Cassandra at the mall. We met in the parking lot, hugged, continued onto the food court, and found a spot we could all comfortably sit, along a…

We walked out of the hospital room and down the corridor. From the moment I stepped through those swinging glass doors I could not breathe; shallow breaths helped me sustain consciousness. My feet kept time, one after the other, as…