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For the first time in months, the future did not look like a locked door.
Epilogue: The Name I Was Afraid to Say… Continue Reading ⬇️
But it no longer felt like the same house.
The silence that had once felt like a sentence now felt like a sanctuary. The walls no longer seemed to be closing in around me. They were holding me. Protecting me. Waiting for the sound of new life.
Then I placed one hand on my belly.
For months, I had been afraid to choose a name. Naming her made everything feel too real. Too fragile. Too easy to lose.
“Mabel.”
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