Kelly Grey Carlisle recently moved to San Antonio, Texas, where she teaches at Trinity University. Her essays have appeared or are forthcoming in Ploughshares, Subtropics, The Tampa Review, and River Teeth. Her little girl, Emily, just turned one.
It’s two in the morning on the OB ward. Light filters into our dark room from the hallway, making a dim twilight around bassinet and bed. My first child, Emily,…