The weeks after a birth can feel heavier than anyone warned you.
Someone you love is about to stay the night somewhere that says recovery, sober living, or treatment.
You snapped at someone you love over a dish, a tone, or a text that was not even unkind.
You feel the heat and you already have the story.
Someone asks what you need, and nothing comes.
You are in the work, and it can look like I am just sitting there.
You go quiet. Or polite.