We watch them and are amazed. They are like the Internet and Velcro and DVD players and cell phones, everyday staples that weren't even imagined when we were young. My husband and I gawk. "Unbelievable," he says. "Fascinating," I add. Different, we say, and agree that this time different is, indeed…

“However motherhood comes to you it’s a miracle.” - Valerie Harper

She never believed. Not in her core. Not the way she believes that morning follows night.

Or that ice melts in the heat. Or that if you throw something into the air, it will fall back to earth.  This kind of certainty eluded her.

Tara’s faith was tenuous. Some days she hoped. Some days she despaired. Most days she wondered if she would ever be a mother…..