I Thought I Was Struggling After Giving Birth Until My Grandmother Asked A Question That Changed Everything

diapers, food, contacts. Then, as the emergency receded, with pastries and newspapers and the kind of advice she pretended was casual. One Saturday when Layla was ten months old, we sat in my kitchen while the baby crawled under the table and tried to eat the corner of a board book.

“I should have structured it differently,” Eleanor said.

I knew what continue reading …