Wives Birthing Wives Birthing Wives
…
Childbirth is difficult enough
without a picture of your leader
who may or may not be checking
out your goods (or scheduling
your infant daughter’s marriage)
smiling down at you
throughout the ordeal
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Mary Valle lives in Baltimore and is the author of Cancer Doesn't Give a Shit About Your Stupid Attitude: Reflections on Cancer and Catholicism. She blogs on KtB as The Communicant. For more Mary, check out her blog or follow her on Twitter.