The Importance of Motherhood

Rachel was in the hospital for four days after giving birth to her son Augustin. After an hour, doctors reassured Rachel she was going to be okay. She slowly recovered her physical strength but couldn't walk more than a few hundred feet. The scope of her world expanded as she watched her baby grow and felt their bond deepen. For months she barely got outside; memories of those long runs seemed almost like another person's in another life. But after a year she knew she needed to change her situation so she told her husband she was leaving.