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From a Nurse, With Love
I was a nursing student the first time I saw a woman give birth. Even though I was young and naïve, I was cognizant of the weight of the moment when the baby took its first breath: the thin space where we see the holy and miraculous here on earth. I sometimes reminisce about the special pleasure I felt showing the new dad how to bathe his brand-new baby. I could also recount the triumph I’ve…