As if on cue, a nurse brought a fretting, pink-wrapped bundle into the room. She paused for a moment, sensing the tension in the room before pasting a bright smile onto her lips and bringing the baby over to Eliza.

"I think that it's way past time this little one meets her Mama properly." Eliza’s entire face lit up, and her heart filled with overwhelming love as the nurse placed the beautiful infant into her arms.

Eliza finally took inventory...counting fingers and toes, stroking downy black ...