The moment our son was placed in Valerie's arms, my love went to a new level. The respect I had for her before was immense, but it was unparalleled by the new found admiration that had taken over from this with the experience we'd shared that day.
My woman and my son sat before me in a splendid vision that I could hardly comprehend, but even then, when the nurse helped Valerie to drop the front of her hospital gown and placed our precious child on a pillow under her arm to feed, my eyes teared up, and completely unashamedly, I let them fall.