On the thresholdArrival

When you tried to picture the baby, what did you see?

Why this question

A face, a temperament, a particular age you kept imagining — or nothing at all, however hard you tried.

Where it leads

Keep the guess. Comparing it with the person who actually arrived is one of the quiet pleasures ahead.

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Rather say it than write it?

This question lives in the Save These Days app as a one-minute voice prompt — answerable one-handed, while the baby sleeps on you, kept on your own device.

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