The hospital called and said a little boy had listed me as his emergency contact. I laughed nervously and said, “That’s impossible. I’m 32, single, and I don’t have a son.”

The hospital phoned to say a young boy had named me as his emergency contact. I gave a nervous laugh and replied, “That’s impossible. I’m 32, single, and I don’t have a son.” But when they said he wouldn’t stop asking for me, I got in my car… and the second I stepped into his room, everything in my world came …