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She remembers the simultaneous weight and lightness
The questions
The fear of doing everything right
The desire to be strong for her child while still learning how to be strong for herself
Now decades later the presence of a new baby reopens the tenderness of those early days
The emotions sweep through her not as sorrow but as recognition
In holding her granddaughter she is holding a part of her younger self
A reminder of where she has been and who she became
