Every midwife teaches it. Every therapist falls back on it.
When everything else has stopped working — when the baby won't settle, the exhaustion is total, and her mind is running faster than she can keep up with — breath is the one thing she can control.
Having two words on her finger to read, to trace, to hold onto creates the pause.
And in that pause everything shifts.
This moment will pass. It always has. It always will.
The two words on this ring are the right two words.