I’ve loved you from the second you opened your eyes. The nurse handed me your tiny, slimy, little body—” I choke out a laugh. “And you peered up at me with this knowing look on your face. Your mom says I was imagining it, that there’s no way you could have recognized me. She says babies aren’t even able to focus their eyes right after they’re born, but I knew you saw me. And that day you became my best friend.”
