PART 25

In the months that followed, Jenna began volunteering once a week with a local postpartum support organization after her doctor confirmed she was well enough for the activity.

She didn’t counsel people or offer medical advice.

She prepared resource folders and helped connect new parents with established services.

At first she came home quiet.

Listening to ordinary stories about exhaustion and fear brought memories back sharply.

“Maybe I shouldn’t do this,” she said one evening.