by Nancy Akre<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am in his mother\u2019s house, in the front door, as if I was greeting intentionally other guests. He is not. I am pushing the stroller, as I am trying to call him\u2026 I did not know I could do that too, I guess mommyhood<\/em> gave me superpower\u2026 Before, all I could do was painting my nails and wait until they were done to be able to do another thing. The baby is not being breastfed anymore, and all this day starting at home when he left, I was waiting for my husband to come. He told me he would be here the same time as me\u2026 guess who was lying? All he had to do was- \u201c Hello Leah, how are you?\u201d\u2026 I am stopping my text to see Lanisha before me, his cousin who does not like me. I do not know why, I never knew why, all I knew was that when I understood how she kept making \u201coopsie jokes\u201d followed by an \u201cI am sorry I hope you did not feel bad\u201d, I definitely stopped to hope for a better relationship with her. I am, as her, feigning a smile \u201cpretty good, and you?\u201d \u201c yes, oh is that your baby? So cute\u2026 but you have gained so MUCH<\/em> weight, I really don\u2019t want to have a baby if it is how it is, I prefer stay fit<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oopsie joke I said, but I won\u2019t let her just say sorry, not this time. \u201c Motherhood you know, you can\u2019t bring life and just stay as THIN<\/em> as a wood\u201d.I know it was petty, but she started it . I did not mean to offend anyone\u2026 But, As I am pushing the stroller back and forth, couldn\u2019t she see that I was being stressed, alone here, obviously waiting for someone? \u201couinnn\u201d the baby starts crying again. She just left, and I know more persons are coming. I inspired and expired, I try to call him one more time. \u201c It is okay, my baby, daddy will come !\u201d Oh the phone stopped ringing- \u201chey, you dumba-\u2026 dear where are you? the baby is waiting, you know\u201c I stopped because his grandparents are there . They come to hug me, I do too, then I tell them quickly that I have to calm the baby. They smile and go in. I am right before the door, because I know how he will cry if he is in. \u201c no, you won\u2019t believe what happened\u201d- \u201c What? Did you get milk<\/em>?\u201d As I am thinking of the famous meme about it. \u201c you are so petty, as if I was going to do that one day\u201d Our baby is teething and I am at the dinner party in his mother\u2018s house. His last toy was lost yesterday night surely, not sure. I am pushing the stroller and I see his car. Lucky bastard. \u201c Leah, we are about to eat\u201d I hear his mother say. I want to stay just to scream on his face. But I know they are all waiting for me.I just go in, stroller included and take a seat, a little \u201cexcuse me\u201d later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The prayer, the \u201camen\u201d and everyone is getting served. As I am seeing food, I start to smile. He comes and I smile as I am eating his mother\u2019s turkey but the baby starts crying again. I eat and with my other hand, I push back and forth the stroller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I am in his mother\u2019s house, in the front door, as if I was greeting intentionally other guests. He is not. I am pushing the stroller, as I am trying to call him\u2026 I did not know I could do that too, I guess mommyhood gave me superpower\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,7],"class_list":["post-351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fiction","tag-9","tag-fiction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web1.unine.ch\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web1.unine.ch\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web1.unine.ch\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web1.unine.ch\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web1.unine.ch\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=351"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web1.unine.ch\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":356,"href":"https:\/\/web1.unine.ch\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions\/356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web1.unine.ch\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web1.unine.ch\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web1.unine.ch\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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He greets everyone, and come to me, to kiss me surely. No one really care about us, because everyone is busy taking news and stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He goes for the cheeks and I whisper \u201c you are a dead boy\u201d. He comes to see the baby, who is always crying, and puts the teether in his mouth. He finally calms down, and my anxiety as a first mother calm down with him. It must have been painful, poor baby. I continue to push the stroller, as he is slowly closing his eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c Baby, let me tell you, you know my old friend jack?\u201d
\u201c\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201coh I am sorry, I had a low battery, so I had to charge the phone, and I saw my friend\u2026 Sorry baby\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c I was getting worried, you know\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He gives me a big hug, I feel more relaxed. \u201c Are you okay?\u201d He asks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I am relieved to see the baby asleep, everyone happy, my part of turkey, I answer \u201c Yeah, but you did not tell me about Jack, spill the tea\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"