It was an affront to Mary and me what babies some girls got to be. There’s a big difference between losing a grandparent as an adult versus losing your parent when you’re a kid. It was our reaction to girls who could take for granted having a mommy and a daddy. Girls who didn’t struggle much, for whom things came easily, but who still want to be rescued from their pain irritated my sister and me. The types of girls who got diamond “push presents” from their hubbies, after pushing their babies out, when there was just no struggle.
