My Husband Came Home to an Empty Nursery

batteries in a labeled drawer and wrote thank-you notes even when the flowers were ugly. She had short gray hair, thick calves, and a way of looking at you that made you fix your posture without meaning to.

Derek used her like a weapon.

“My mother did it without help.”

“My mother never complained.”

“My mother had dinner ready after giving birth.”

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