The Birthday Party Where My Mother’s Perfect Image Cracked

a dedicated father. My mother was besotted.

“Derek worked so hard for you,” she’d say. “You should be more grateful.”

I was drowning quietly in a house that looked picture-perfect.

Postpartum depression is sneaky. It creeps in. A little more tired each day. A little more disconnected.

I tried to tell Derek once. “I don’t feel like myself.”

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