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. — Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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. — Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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. — Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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. — Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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. — Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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. — Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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. — Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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. — Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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. — Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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. — Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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. — Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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. — Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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. — Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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. — Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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. — Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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. — Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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. — Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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. — Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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. — Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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. — Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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. — Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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. — Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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. — Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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. — Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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. — Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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. — Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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. — Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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. — Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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. — Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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. — Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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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.

— Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
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