When Antwon dropped to his knees in a hospital bathroom and prayed. When he held his daughter’s hand – and her entire body fit in his palm. When he returned to work a week after she died and was told “life goes on.”
Alana Marie Watson was born on May 22, 2014. She died 36 hours later, weighing less than 1 pound.
We met at a bar I thought was a coffee shop. I got there first, and when someone told me the coffee shop had moved, I decided to stay. I might need a drink, I thought.
I didn’t plan it like that. Our meeting had been scheduled for weeks. And when I originally made plans, it was just another interview. Another person to talk to for another story.