The Push

by Ashley Audrain

Mothers aren’t supposed to have children who suffer. We aren’t supposed to have children who die. And we are not supposed to make bad people.

“Blythe, people might think bad things about you that aren’t true. The only thing that matters is what you believe about yourself.”

“You know, there’s a lot about ourselves that we can’t change—it’s just the way we’re born. But some parts of us are shaped by what we see. And how we’re treated by other people. How we’re made to feel.”