When Daniel first burst through the front door waving a gold-embossed envelope, we both collapsed into tears of joy. He had won the annual corporate excellence award, and the prize was a four-month, all-expenses-paid luxury cruise across the Mediterranean. We spent that entire evening mapping out the ports of call, dreaming of the sunsets we would watch from our private balcony, and celebrating the hard work that had finally paid off.
Two weeks later, the dream took an unexpected turn during a routine prenatal checkup. I watched the doctor’s face
