it.
I wanted to help them.
What I hadn’t realized was how quickly helping could become expected.
For the first few months, I didn’t pay much attention to the little things.
Harper complained that my television was too loud.
Then she complained about the smell of certain foods I cooked.
Pregnancy had made her sensitive to spices, she said, so I stopped making several meals I liked.
. She wanted particular groceries. Organic vegetables. Gluten-free snacks. Almond milk. Expensive coffee alternatives.
I told myself it was temporary.
She was pregnant.
They
