When My Pregnancy Was Minimized and One Unexpected Voice Finally Spoke Up

He did not.

He nodded, as if agreeing with her. As if her words were reasonable and mine were not.

So I picked up the bags and carried them inside myself. Every step hurt, but not in the way sore muscles hurt. This pain came from something deeper. From feeling dismissed. From realizing that the person who should have stood beside me chose silence instead.

That silence followed me through the evening.

A Long Night of Quiet Thoughts

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