I Signed the Papers to Leave My Baby at the Hospital

One sentence from a stranger gave me the courage to go back.

Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if she had arrived thirty seconds later.

Then Ethan runs into my arms laughing.

And I stop wondering.

Because the most important thing I ever did wasn’t signing those papers.

It was going back and tearing them up.

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