I am Nick, and I was 20 when doctors told me something I wasn’t ready to hear.
I was informed that I carried a genetic condition that could be passed down and make a child’s life difficult. I remember nodding as if I understood it and thinking it through.
I didn’t.
Doctors told me something I wasn’t ready to hear.
All I heard was that becoming a father could mean hurting someone I hadn’t even met yet.
So, being young and stupid, I made a decision too fast.