Mommy Wears a Green T-Shirt

I nodded. It was all becoming real right then, and fear crawled over me. I couldn't do this. I was the last person who should ever be a mom. Babies were fragile, and I was a … a … klutz. Forgetful. Undependable. I'd do something wrong, and I couldn't do something wrong with a baby. Tears snatched at my eyes, bubbling up, and my lip trembled.

"I can't do this," I said.

His eyes grew soft. "Sure, you can. You have me, you know."

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Coralee Avery is having a baby, but the thought scares her to death. If not for Roman, her adoring husband, she'd fall apart.

Yet as time goes by and their future together becomes more real, the dynamic changes, and it could be that she's the stronger one and he needs her more than she ever thought possible.

A lighthearted, loving look at first parenthood by best-selling author, SUZANNE D. WILLIAMS.