For the past several months my wife and I have been living a lie. A horrible, deceitful lie.
Today our Lie came crashing down around us. And now we may very well be screwed.
Not long after my daughter was born, she received a gift. It was a little baby doll. For whatever reason, as she became really aware of and attached to her toys, she became incredibly attached to this particular doll above all others. This was the toy that ended up going everywhere. This was the toy that was slept with. This was the toy that she first really played with, not just interacted with or explored.
She loved this doll.
Then one day…Baby (that’s the doll’s name) got dirty. Really dirty.

