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Leo was born six weeks ago, and I’ve never known exhaustion like this—bone-deep, time-blurring fatigue filled with diaper changes, night feedings, and cold coffee. Owen and I, partners for a decade and married for five years, had weathered everything together. But nothing tested us like parenthood.
One night, as I rocked Leo in the dim nursery, Owen appeared and gently took over. “Your shift never ends,” he said, kissing my forehead. I felt seen—until, slowly, he began to pull away.
He started disappearing for an hour every night. When I finally checked the baby monitor out of worry, I saw him—not hiding, but learning to finger knit. He remembered an offhand comment I made about a cozy baby blanket and was secretly making me one.
The surprise unraveled when he ran out of yarn and couldn’t keep hiding it. He admitted everything with a sheepish grin and asked me to help choose the next color. That night, guiding my fingers through yarn, he said, “It’s like I’m stitching love, piece by piece.” And he was.
Weeks later, he called me into the living room. Candles, a cake—Leo’s half-birthday, but the celebration was for me. He thanked me for holding everything together. Then, he handed me the finished blanket—our story woven in every loop.
And in that moment, wrapped in something handmade, I finally felt weightless.
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