I Called My Mom After Giving Birth and She Said She Was Too Busy With My Sister’s Party Until the Next Day They Came Begging

phone, working late, circling conversations about money without landing anywhere. When my contractions began I called him six times. He sent one text. When he failed to appear through the night and through delivery and through the long first morning, I had set the question aside because I did not have room for it yet, because I was busy being a mother.continue reading …