SEB’S POV The adoption hearing was scheduled for a Friday morning. Four months after our vow renewal. Five months since […]

LINA’S POV Three weeks after the hearing, Celeste came home. Five pounds, two ounces. Breathing on her own. Eating like

LINA’S POV I stood in front of Judge Kingston with my entire world hanging in the balance. “Your Honor,” I

SEB’S POV The knock came at six AM. Loud. Authoritative. The kind of knock that meant trouble. I was already

LINA’S POV The email came at three AM. I only saw it because I was up pumping—the glamorous life of

SEB’S POV The mediation office was nothing like a courtroom. Soft lighting. Comfortable chairs. A table with water and tissues.

LINA’S POV Week three in the NICU, and I was losing my mind. Not from the stress of having a

LINA’S POV Almost seven months pregnant, and I couldn’t remember what my feet looked like. “They’re still there,” Seb assured

LINA’S POV The morning of the hearing, I couldn’t button my dress. My hands shook too badly. My six-month pregnant

LINA’S POV Bed rest was torture. Three days of lying still while the world fell apart around me. Three days