The difference is 20 years between birth dates. The difference is Virginia and North Carolina. The difference is merely an ounce between birth weights, with the same length. There is not much difference in their looks either.
They both were full-term baby girls when they were born. They both bear the names of flowers. They are both immensely loved.
Yet, one was born with breath and the other was not. One got to grow up and the other didn't. One celebrated her 29th birthday a few days ago and the other never will.
One is me and the other is my daughter.
That one breath changed the fact that I got one kind of birth certificate and she got another.
One. Single. Breath.
Separates her mattering and counting in other's minds versus not.
It shouldn't. ❤️
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