Traditionally, new parents experience all of their firsts together; from bringing their newborn babies home to learning the ins and outs of round-the-clock infant care, the exhausting work of being a mom or dad is shared with a second parent and spouse.
When new dad Matt Logelin brought baby girl Maddy home from the hospital, though, he was both overwhelmed and heartbroken. His wife and childhood sweetheart, Liz, had died from a rare pulmonary embolism just 27 hours after giving birth to their daughter; he'd become a widower and a single dad all in a span of less than two days.
