A tale of three mothers
A mother’s days reflection on the challenges and bonds shared between three women across two generations
Tag: abandonment
The heroic, depressed Jamaican mothers who abandon their babies
“This isn’t the ‘baby blues’ that her doctor told her to expect in the weeks following childbirth. The doctor said those would go away after a few days. But this isn’t going away. This is deeper. Darker. Mild annoyance is quickly growing into thoughts of slamming the cot into the wall for the baby to shut the hell up, which, in turn, grows into an overwhelming sense of guilt for having such dark thoughts about her own child. “
Bomb Jamaican Mom 