Our Son Was Born With Cystic Fibrosis

Parenting can be hard on a good day. Before kids, we always dream or imagine what life is going to be like when we get older. We’ll get married at 25, have kids at 27 and have our dream careers. At least that was my thought when I was 12. You don’t think about the things that can go wrong when you’re young. We’re strong, and basically indestructible — at least that’s how I felt until the day I had my first baby.

When I had my first child, I knew what those rich and powerful people in movies and books felt like — you know, once they have a family, now they have a…