The fact is, it’s not about being a good or bad mother. And it’s not about her heart coming around; it’s about accepting what’s already in her heart. For years she’s lined up justifications—a husband away fighting, the time it would take from her art—all to try to soften the edge of what she felt was wrong with her. But the truth is, she doesn’t want to be a mother. At least not now. And she doesn’t want to be married. And maybe that’s all right. And if later she decides to have children, she knows she’ll stand a better chance of being a good mother by honoring what she loves. By accepting
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