AFTER/WORDS by Jessy Easton

AFTER/WORDS by Jessy Easton

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AFTER/WORDS by Jessy Easton
AFTER/WORDS by Jessy Easton
Equal parts euphoria and terror

Equal parts euphoria and terror

On Motherhood: It’s everything. All at once. All the time.

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Line drawing of mother and baby for Jessy Easton's substack on motherhood

“How’s motherhood going?”

That’s the question everyone asks.

Emotions come rushing toward me and through me like a comet.

It’s everything.

All at once.

All the time.

“It’s equal parts euphoria and terror.”

That’s the most honest way I know to describe it.

Terror.

I’ve never felt so broken, so depleted, so helpless.

Motherhood has taught me that you truly don’t co…

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