[cw]Infant Loss

"I understand..." she said softly, her voice filled with both empathy and compassion. "I know that pain well... It's alright that it hurt, it is normal. I am sorry that it made you feel so frightened." She did not sit on the bed but rather moved to kneel at the side of it, letting her touch move up and down the girl's arm in a soothing manner if she let her. "I know it's a scary thing to have to endure such a thing, especially when you're not ready."

She tilted her head a little, then whispered, "I am here because I lost my own babe. I wasn't ready either, but I wasn't ready to say goodbye. I loved her so very much." And I love Emma so very much, she left hanging in the air without speaking the words.