A little over a month ago I had emergency surgery to treat an ectopic pregnancy. It was scary and painful and unexpected and I am still recovering physically and emotionally.
When I was pregnant with my first baby, a friend cautioned me, “listen, right after birth you’re going to look like a deflated balloon and you'll think you’re doomed to look that way forever, but trust me: it isn’t permanent”.
If I was to describe my pre-pandemic life, you could easily tell what I did for a living simply by seeing the suitcase by my door and the heavily stamped passport.
