Status Updates From Notes to New Mothers

“Someone probably told me all the things but I never listened. I don’t think I ever could have understood this magic until she arrived.”

(A list of things no one tells you, Nell Brown)

“I stare at what kept you warm before- patches of whisper-soft, downy fur on the curve of your shoulder, the ridge of your ear. I can’t believe how much I didn’t know. Later that night my friend across the country texts me: ‘Isn’t it crazy that that’s the only way to get to earth?’”

(Labouring, Meggie Green)

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