Suddenly, she opened her eyes. And everything… stopped. Her eyes rolled around a little bit at first, but she eventually found me. And I looked back, deep into her small, beautiful eyes. She looked at me but could only see a stranger. I looked at her and could see everything she is and would become. I had known what it was to love. But I didn’t know what it was to truly, irrevocably, and unconditionally love another person, especially a kid. And I had no idea that it was possible to truly, irrevocably, and unconditionally love a kid who wasn’t even yours.
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