“We never needed her. We just needed you to know that.”
I had to sit down after my daughter left. Because some words do not land in your ears. They land in the tired places you have been carrying for years.
Natalie gave birth to my children. I got to raise them. And that night, standing in the kitchen we built without her, that felt like more than enough.
Natalie gave birth to my children. I got to raise them.
