When I Returned from the Hospital with Our Newborn, My Husband Had Changed the Locks – Twenty Hours Later, He Showed Up, Pounding and Screaming
I had waited a long time to become a mother.
When it finally happened, I was terrified and euphoric at the same time.
Pregnancy wasn’t easy for me. I was tired all the time. My back ached. My feet swelled.
Ray tried to be calm for both of us. He read articles. Installed apps. Timed contractions that didn’t matter yet. He talked to my belly when he thought I wasn’t listening.
“This kid is already tougher than both of us,” he’d say.
Pregnancy wasn’t easy for me.
We planned everything carefully. Ray promised he’d take time off work to stay with us the first week.
