My job as a mother is simple: I’m
raising my son to best prepare him to leave me. That is neither hyperbole nor
future-tripping. It is simple pragmatism.
On nature’s dictate, we separate
from our parents even before the moment of our first breath. It was an occasion
I’d imagined many times while pregnant, shedding tears in the shower as I shaved
my legs. Come on, Allison, my
obstetrician said in her New York accent during this fantasy. One more push. Then my child would
emerge with the requisite tears and joy, my husband cutting the cord with
ceremony if a slight amount of squeamishness.
It didn’t exactly work that way.
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