'Shattered after my mother’s death, I worried how her loss would affect my son and my ability to parent.'
. My mom flew out for visits when she could and she called every day. While I staggered around the city with the stroller, downing double shots of espresso, those calls became something that I depended on—though, through the fatigue, I didn’t even realize it. She knew exactly how much my son weighed, what size of clothes he was wearing,
The days immediately following her death felt like a blur. I would go from feeling complete numbness to extreme grief. Every time I burst into tears, Santiago would follow suit and my husband or a family member would take him into another room to distract him. He clung to me, and I worried that my sadness was affecting him. I found it difficult to take care of him when I could barely function myself.
that since my in-laws lived on another continent, Santiago would be growing up without regular access to a grandma.
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