I gravitated to one woman in particular, and over the course of seven days, I told her everything. I told her I was afraid that we could never travel again, and that the baby wouldn’t love the beach the way I love the beach. I told her how I was afraid that I wasn’t doing enough for the baby and that I would never be able to do enough for her. And I was afraid that she would never appreciate the things that we do do for her and how ashamed I was about that feeling. She didn’t judge me. She didn’t say, “Well, at least…” or “It could be worse….” She just listened. She did point out that actually
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