Mom Called Me Damaged at My Sister’s Baby Shower

Because every chair had laundry on it.

He handed me a glass of wine.

“Actual wine,” he said. “Because you are not pregnant.”

I lifted the glass. “A miracle of its own.”

The kitchen was a disaster. Bottles by the sink. Blocks under the table. A dinosaur sticker on the cabinet. A burp cloth hanging from a drawer handle.

It was perfect.

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