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never give birth. I was only 29, but

doctors said that I had too many med-

ical challenges to conceive, let alone

carry a child to term.

Focusing on Colleen’s good for-

tune helped distract me from my own

grief. I hosted her baby shower and

Was Meant to Be Ours

W

hen my best friend, Colleen,

was 38 weeks pregnant, she

asked me to go with her to

Babies “R” Us, one of the only chil-

dren’s shops in Anchorage, Alaska.

She found out she was expecting

around the time I found out I would

By Sarah Mouracade

46 june 2019 Illustration by Gel Jamlang

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