CHAPTER 56
I never would have thought my body could endure so much. Could stretch so wide. Like a python opening its great mouth and engulfing a kangaroo, only in this case the process worked in reverse.
Grandma Lucy and her niece were home alone without a car, so we called Reginald, who picked me up and took me to County. “Should I let your husband know?” he asked me, and it was Grandma Lucy who smiled at him so sweetly on her front porch and answered, “Maybe a little later, don’t you think?”
Getting settled into the hospital was the easy part, at least logistically speaking. I was three weeks early. Nobody was too concerned. I was the only one freaking out. It was all happening too soon. I didn’t know what to do. I couldn’t make any decisions. Did I want an epidural or did I not? Did
