The last contraction never comes. Melanie cannot feel Ezra. Her body thinks that he is already out. She can hear "Melanie, push this baby out." But she cant feel anything to push. She can hear the call to 911, hear them ask for the address. ---

Beliefs dont make a story. Its what happens when they meet an experience that flies in their face and seemingly discredits them, a juxtaposition that pits the intellectual content of belief, so hidden and implausible, squarely against the emotional and psychological experience of suffering, so obvious and real.

Its one thing to profess faith...