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the mother you need

By May 12, 2013 Life

My daughter was only ten days old when I tried to give her away.

At the door of my parents’ house, I heaved her baby car seat away from me towards my mother.

Take her. I can’t do this.

My arms shook as they took off my coat, made me sit, and brought me tea.

Kate slept on, bundled, quiet.

She almost died. I’m not ready. I can’t-

Tears on the sofa.

I want to be five again, not a grown woman of 31, breasts swollen with milk.

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