"I felt the tug on my sleeve and looked down to find him standing motionless. His mouth was moving but I couldn’t make out his words. His quiet body in the noisy room caught me off guard. I bent down to find his voice."
"I felt the tug on my sleeve and looked down to find him standing motionless. His mouth was moving but I couldn’t make out his words. His quiet body in the noisy room caught me off guard. I bent down to find his voice."
"I’m sorry. I’m sorry I made you cry. I know I don’t have a choice right now, but when I saw that the tears were gonna come I almost broke down myself. You miss me; I get it."
"That 2020 has sucked is not your fault nor is it your burden. You are not cursed or bad luck or in any way a problem because you were born this year."
"The doctors should have listened when I told them that I had tested positive. I was relying on them. They told me, ‘You shouldn’t be worried, this is a normal virus, babies get them, this is her immune system getting stronger.’“
"No one saw you, when a snoring exhausted man lay next to you, so the night shift was yours. I know you feel invisible when you’ve changed another poo, made another bottle, had another nipple bitten, made another snack."