Rumpus Original Fiction: Being the Baby’s Heart
I took a deep breath. A long one. And I started rocking again.
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Join NOW!I took a deep breath. A long one. And I started rocking again.
...moreAs soon as life begins, its impulse is to divide.
...moreMaybe this pandemic will make us a family.
...moreJennifer Berney discusses her debut memoir, THE OTHER MOTHERS.
...moreSomething new in the dead darkness. Short days and shimmers of light.
...moreIt was strange what the nudity did to us—what the nakedness undid.
...moreIt’s hard to see what isn’t there.
...moreShe can really throw herself into a stoning.
...moreI think this is what love is, critical and enduring.
...moreIt will be fine, I had told them. It will be an adventure. I was in love. Love is an eternal optimist.
...moreAt Lit Hub, Yardenne Greenspan discusses the solace she found in parenting books during pregnancy: Now that I was in this completely new and foreign scenario, my body doing things I never realized it knew how, my mind trying to keep up, my emotions all over the place, it made sense to seek out something […]
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