Being a home

On Motherhood: You’ve brought a focus to my life, moved me from the peripheral.

I slipped on the same simple black dress and turtleneck every week, feeling the fabric hug my body as you grew. I tracked your growth by the way the cotton stretched. The way the hemline inched up my thighs. The way my hand rested on the ever-growing curve of my hip.

I stood in front of the big window. The one covered in a blurry film to block out the de…