I woke up Thursday morning with a different feeling. The first thought I had was to wonder who would be popping in to see me today. Which members of Jacob’s family I would meet, and whether I would have to hide the surrogacy from them like we did with Mason, or if I would have to face their judgement, like Elizabeth.

But I figured that nothing like that would probably happen. Or I hoped, at least.

I just wanted today to be one peaceful day. I just wanted one last ...