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"There’s no going back now"

"You have no idea"

"Tell rateful to hear his cale to hold it together, telling hihtlifting because she’s already strong as fuck or that she could be a le out of every blanket I’ve tried to wrap her in

Tucker laughs and encourages et off the phone, I’m convinced I can do this

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Sabrina

September

Motherhood is hard Harder than I ever i forthan that paper I had to write for the Women’s Studies course inlike two red pens had engaged in athan working two jobs and taking a full load of classes for four years

My respect for Nana is through the roof If I had to raise one kid after the other, I’d be a little cranky too But with her help and Tucker’s, I’ve fallen into a routine that seems to work, and by the tiot this After all, I’m only in class three hours--at thetwo jobs

This is easy

Easy

Until I stumble out of my last class Friday of that second week, laden with my bottles, tubes, five pounds of books, and n for the weekend They keep piling up When Professor Malcolm announced we’d need to read the entire chapter on culpability and intent, I waited for someone--anyone--to object But no one did

After class, none of my peers appear to be affected by the fact that we’re pretty much required to read what seems like an entire semester’s worth of coursework in two days Instead, three kids in my row decide to conduct an intense discussion about Harvard’s grading system, which they already should’ve known about before they even enrolled

I wait impatiently for theet the hell out of the classroo, but more importantly, my breasts feel like they’re about to burst I haven’t fed Jaet to the library’s lactation roo all overHonors, Pass, Low Pass, and Fail?" grouses the sharp-nosed blond boy next to ed It’s either Honors or Pass You really have to fuck up to get a Fail," says the girl beside hihup all , but no one’sa peasant skirt that triggers bad raduated frorades based on your H, Ps, and LPs, so it works all the sa coets to be surades, you get the designation Having only one is shitty," Cheekbones declares