Joel
Gia in pain is not something I want to experience ever again. I vowed to get a vasectomy, so I’d never put her through this again. I made the mistake of saying that out loud while she was pushing to bring our son into the world.
“Joel Rickard Stone, I will tell your mother, and then I will threaten every doctor in the state of Texas that I will kill them if they touch your balls,” she growled at me.
Doc Thatcher laughed hard as our son finally made his appearance.
“You better listen to her, Joel. You two make some cute babies," he said.
He held up Geo and both Gia and I let out a sob. He was so tiny. I cut the umbilical cord as he was laid on Gia’s chest. He was letting out some piercing cries. Angry about being taken from his warm safe place.
“Oh, he’s perfect Joel,” she cri
