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

to cry.

Her small voice broke through the ringing in my ears and pulled me back into the room. I lifted her and rocked her automatically, pressing her close, my body running on instinct while my mind sat very still with what I had just been told. My mother started speaking again. I raised one hand without looking at her and she stopped.

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