My Mother-in-Law Saw My Newborn Daughter’s Arm and Went Pale—Then She Told Us We Couldn’t Keep Her
“Do you still consider Beatrice your mother?”
He hated that.
Of course she was his mother.
Birth is one way motherhood begins.
It is not the only way motherhood exists.
Beatrice held him through fevers.
Packed lunches.
Attended school plays.