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The pain was forgotten. The tears had dried.

I looked down at the baby in my arms, into the brightest blue eyes I’d ever seen. Tears of joy spilled over my cheeks. “She’s beautiful. What should we name her?”

Roman ran the pad of his thumb over her soft little eyebrow. His touch was careful and guarded, as if he could hardly believe she was real. “We’ll name her Genesis. A new beginning.”

“It’s perfect.”

He smiled down at me as he swept my hair from my forehead. “You’re perfect.”

Over the past year, I’d learned that loss didn’t always equate to sorrow. Sometimes, loss brought strength. It bred courage. Sometimes, we needed to be broken and torn down in order to start over again.

This was it.

This was our new beginning.

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