So Am I: 14 Months of Life and Living and Letting Go

Before she was born, Nathan and Heather Peterson learned their daughter Olivia had Trisomy 18, a condition they were told made her "incompatible with life." They prepared to say goodbye at birth. Olivia lived fourteen months.

So Am I is a father's account of those months, in short dated entries and brief essays written as they happened, through fear, rest, and trust. Its central idea is one Nathan learned the hard way: fear is the enemy, not circumstance.

It isn't a medical guide. It's an honest record of living today with a child you love, and of the people who, in Nathan's words, "carried us while we carried her." It reads in five-minute pieces.

For parents facing a life-limiting diagnosis, and for the friends and family looking for something to give them.

The story continues in Dance Again: Grief is Healing. Nathan Peterson is a singer/songwriter from Illinois. The matching album, So Am I, is available wherever music is sold. He and his wife Heather are the parents of five children and live in Chicago.

Nathan Peterson is a singer-songwriter from Illinois. He and his wife Heather are the parents of five children, Jude, Charlie, Ruth, Olivia, and Benjamin.