”Beth,” Lisa huffs into the phone. ”I told you not to buzz. Just come up.” I’m meeting her at her office for lunch and always feel out of place when I go someplace professional. I haven’t been part of the business world since Jake was born. By the time he was born, after all the years of infertility and struggle, I was already planning to stay home with him.

That choice seemed like an even bigger blessing when I was so sick for so long, and ...