![Close up of healed footprint tattoo on Miranda's right ribs. Footprints are centered in the frame, and Miranda is laying on green grass with a white shirt pushed up above the tattoo (photo taken by a friend)](https://adrianselephantpanda2.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/28164849/MS-B-20180713-Friday13th10-F-300x300.jpg)
Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th was the point of equidistance—as equally spaced between Adrian’s death as from the beginning of my pregnancy with him. I thought it fitting, then, this was the day my tattoo artist had available. This was the day I received a footprint tattoo honoring my stillborn child.