An ode to the child I lost…

Dear Neev,

I love you today as much as I did on the day I found out that you were growing inside of me.

I loved you the moment I knew you were a teeny tiny seed. And then, when I heard your heart beat for the very first time, a little flicker on a small computer screen. I did not know then that the little flicker would be akin to the hope I’d always hold out for you, no matter how tough the going was about to get.

And the going did get