What are we going to do? I can’t go through this again. Not again. I try to be strong for Flora, but…I don’t know how much I have left in me. I’m so scared what Flora will do if this ends in miscarriage again. I’m not strong enough to do it again. I love her so much…I can’t bear the thought of something happening. And what will happen to us? I feel like I’ll lose her…that…somehow this pregnancy will be the end of us.

I’m the husband. I’m supposed to know what to do. I’m supposed to know how to help. But how can I help when I don’t understand what I’m doing? I wish Dad was still here. He would know. But he’s gone. Who do I ask now?

Flora…

What am I supposed to do?

—Excerpt from the personal journal of Mr. Kiran Thompson, written February 20, 2017