“I’ve betrayed your trust,” Mother whispered. “You betrayed only what we are taught to believe our lives should look like,” was the reply. “That is no betrayal at all. The mother created us all. If there is life within you, then she created that. If my grandchildren are meant to survive, then we will be provided with the tools to protect them.” She took her daughter’s hand. “You made a discovery. You stepped from the norm and challenged what has always been and your ideas of what should be. You fell in love. You navigated impossibilities to conceive. You grieve the loss of the man you loved.
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