The NICU Ranch

Dear Ellie,

Your uncle and aunt and I grew up next to a cow pasture and there was this sort of unending sound of "mooing" in the distance.  In a similar sense, being in the NICU reminds me a little bit of being on a farm or ranch, too.  You see, every second of every day there is ALWAYS a baby crying somewhere, if not many at the same time. On the upside, I've been here long enough that I think the sound of wailing babies will never phase me ever again.