"What do you really want, sweetie? A year from now, two years, the future? What have you always desired?" he asks, with a tone so calm it's soothing.

And in that moment, my mind flies to when I met Adam and how much I wanted us to be.

I wanted to be a wife, but the craziest part was that… I wanted to be a mother real soon too.

I've never experienced a family before.

I don't know what it's like to have a father smiling at his kids, or a mom wiping their nose and preparing them ...