The Light We Lost

by Jill Santopolo

“The problem with living in the now is it means, by definition, you’re not making plans for the future.

nothing felt more like joining a club than having a child. There was a dividing line between the women who had babies, and the women who didn’t. The Moms and the Not Moms.

I value my own happiness too. And if I stayed home, if this was my life, I’d resent it. I’d resent her. And you.”