“Here we go, Grace. Another one is starting,” Logan said as he pulled back on my leg.
I pushed like it was going out of style, bearing down over my belly. Three pushes later and I knew what Faith had been talking about.
“Oh God, it burns so bad.” I panted between contractions.
“It will be over soon, honey,” my mom soothed.
“A few more should do it, Grace. I can see the head with each contraction.” Dr. Welsh smiled up at me.
“Here comes another one.” I gritted my teeth and pushed.
“Doing great, a little more,” Dr. Welsh cheered me on.
“Oh, my God,” Logan said softly. “Grace, I see the baby coming. So much hair, baby.” I could hear the tears in his voice.
“One more big one, Grace.” The nurse patted my leg.
“You can do this honey,” my mom encouraged.
I pushed with everything I had in me and felt the baby slip out into Dr. Welsh’s hands. That little cry a second later would stay with me for the rest of my life.
“Looks like we have a boy.” She cleaned his airways and put him on my chest.
Tears blurred my vision, but he was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen.
“Hi there, little one. I’m your mommy.” I kissed his little face. I looked up to see Logan and Hope hugging, both of them in tears. He broke away and leaned down to kiss me.
“I’m so proud of you, baby. You did it. He’s perfect.” He brushed his fingers along our son’s tiny cheek.
I was in awe of this tiny little boy. We had made him together. He was a little bit of us in the flesh. I cried for the journey we had been on that was finally at an end. We had our miracle.
“What are you going to name him?” Faith asked, looking down at us.
“Liam.” I looked at Logan for confirmation, and he nodded. “Liam Jackson McFadden.”
When we were finally alone in my room a few hours later, Logan and I sat staring at the baby in my arms.
“I never, in my wildest dreams, thought it would be like this. I cannot imagine loving another human being like this.” I pressed soft kisses to Liam’s face.
“I know what you mean. It’s amazing how you can have so much love for a person you’ve never met.”
“It was all worth it.” I looked up at him. “All of it. Everything that led us to this moment was worth it.” I smiled through the tears that streamed down my cheeks.
Jessica Gibson is a recovering bookaholic, she's down from four books a week to a more reasonable one. It was that love of words and creativity that made her dream about writing her first book. That dream was hidden for years, always put on the back burner, filed away in the "someday" section, until her husband Matt gave her the kick in the pants she needed to actually get off her butt and write.
Jessica and Matt live in Southern California and have a serious addiction to reality tv shows like Pawn Stars and American Restoration. They have one amazing son who runs circles around them both.
Aside from writing, she runs an online event planning business called the Release Day Diva. In addition to novels, Jessica writes and maintains the blog Book on the Bright Side. Keep up with Jessica and her latest releases and events on her blog.
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Jessica Gibson is a recovering bookaholic, she's down from four books a week to a more reasonable one. It was that love of words and creativity that made her dream about writing her first book. That dream was hidden for years, always put on the back burner, filed away in the "someday" section, until her husband Matt gave her the kick in the pants she needed to actually get off her butt and write.
Jessica and Matt live in Southern California and have a serious addiction to reality tv shows like Pawn Stars and American Restoration. They have one amazing son who runs circles around them both.
Aside from writing, she runs an online event planning business called the Release Day Diva. In addition to novels, Jessica writes and maintains the blog Book on the Bright Side. Keep up with Jessica and her latest releases and events on her blog.
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