Every time someone asks me what I do for a living, the number one response I receive is, “Oh my God, that must be so sad!” I have been a neonatal intensive care nurse for over four years now, and my response has never changed. I have always told people that my career is actually a happy and rewarding one, where I have the privilege of caring for new life; that in simple terms—was born into the world a tad too soon, and sometimes critically too soon, at 23 weeks gestational age and less.