When people fall short of what you need

From My Corner of the World

“No one could possibly understand what this feels like …”

Though I’m sure that thought visited me before I hit my first life delay in my twenties — as my friends had their babies and I hosted their baby showers (baby-less as I was) — this was the first time I remember nursing it.

I assumed that I was unique. I carried this feeling of being alone in my exp…