Heartbeat by Jisun Park


Park writes about the anxiety and fear that comes with being a new parent in a way that brought me right back to those days:

It occurs to me that there are an infinite number of ways that my baby could die, and it is up to me, an untrained civilian with no prior experience whatsoever, to anticipate them all. They say babies, children, people are hardy. “Stronger than you think!” But only the parents of those who have already mastered living say that.

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