The steaming water from the shower heats up my skin and starts to wake me up a little, like I knew it would. These long nights are getting to me. It doesn't even feel like I went to sleep. No one ever said it would be easy but damn, the two hour shifts are a killer. But when I look at her little cherubic face, it's all worthwhile. Every last minute I'm with her. It's all amazing.

Right on cue, I hear her hungry cries getting louder, and I take note of the tentative steps outside the bathroom door as I begrudgingly shut off the solace of the water and...