Some stories begin with a quiet thought that never fully leaves. For Erica, that thought started early. Long before she became a wife, a mom of three, and a gestational carrier, she saw surrogacy on television and felt something click. It was not a formal plan. It was not a carefully mapped-out life goal. It was more like a small seed planted in the back of her mind. Years later, after experiencing pregnancy and birth herself, that early thought became something deeper. Erica