And I’ve never called a woman baby in my life. But for some reason, I want to use something more intimate than just her name. Harp is an instrument or an insult, not a nickname. Every time I’ve called her Sunshine, I think Harper has taken it the wrong way. I think she thinks I’m using it ironically rather than how I mean it—like light personified. Hard to ignore or look away from. And baby slips out naturally, like my aversion to it up until now has simply been because I wanted to wait and only use it with her.
