“ Worrying about parents is a waste of time. It’s your life. Let’s have a martini. ”
I knew I was waiting for someone I didn't understand.
~ Megan Mayhew Bergman
Power is a funny thing. Sometimes you can just take it.
Nothing has topped the way men shake her hand and look her in the eye, what it’s like to call a man chickenshit to his face and get away with it, to mean it, to feel free and dominant and in control of your life.
I want to mother the world, I thought. I have so much love.Then—I have no business being a mother. I am a selfish woman.Then—I can do this. Millions of women have been mothers.Then—I feel very alone. I do not know what I'm capable of.
