The Importance of Being Gentle With Yourself

Zoe is now in the fourth month of her pregnancy, expecting a girl. She would have told me weeks before, she said, but there was such a taboo about sharing the news early. Zoe's worry that she would not be able to have children, and with the announcement of her news, our past grievances seemed to vanish. The next time Zoe came to the city, we finally reconstituted our old connection.