Sadie Hartmann’s Reviews > Worry Box > Status Update

CW for baby trauma too

"But even though he’s gone, I sometimes feel the wetness of him, the moldy grime he left behind in the sponge of me."

this is actually, terrifying

"Like all living things, a house retains something of its occupants when they move on too, through death or destination. The reason people feel the way they do about “the old house” goes way beyond nostalgia. They leave a part of themselves behind. And a house keeps that residue for itself, whether it wants to or not."