“Yes. Especially in our time. Women were supposed to be mothers. I failed at that. It made me useless for a long time. I didn’t want to feel different, I didn’t want to be different. What was the point, after all?” She sits in silence for a moment. “But I am. I’m different, and my life is different than I planned for. Different doesn’t make it wrong, or bad, or failed. When I accepted that, I found a lot more peace.” I
