SACRIFICE..
“Push”, Dr. Adams coaxed one more time. Deirdre Johnson pushed with all her might, and as if a hurricane swept through her body, a tiny mass of well formed flesh and bone left her in a swift moment as Dr. Adams brought out a perfect little baby boy. She was exhausted and felt limp. She had been in labor for the last one and a half hours, after her parents and younger brother had gotten her to the hospital that night at about 9:15 pm, when the contractions had started. She had given birth at exactly 10:55pm that same night. The tiny cry of her baby touched her heart as she strained from the delivery table to look at him. The nurse had turned him upside, and had given him a slight tap on the bottom. “I told you, it was going to be a boy”, Dr. Adams said, smiling at her and getting ready to stitch her up. She had incurred a tear. Her baby was quite