The Baby Gift

My daughter, S, became interested in a medical career after she had her first child. While taking nursing classes, she met a young female doctor from Pakistan. They became close friends. Even after they moved away from each other, they kept in contact by email. One day S got an email that Simi, the doctor, was pregnant. They began a correspondence that lasted for the rest of the pregnancy. S was the counselor now, and Simi the student. All the fears, excitement, expectations were shared over the internet. S had saved all of it, both sides of the conversations. When the baby was born, my daughter found some decorative printer paper, printed all the emails, bound them in a book, gift wrapped it, and presented it to...
the baby!