The soundless break was worse than any scream. Five words, a door closing without a slam, and a future wiped clean like it had never existed. I thought heartbreak had a limit. Then fluorescent lights and whispered acronyms taught me there are losses you never walk away from, only learn to breathe around. NICU. Monitors. Silence. A birth, a go… Continues…
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