'How Can I Embrace Motherhood When I Feel Nothing Like Myself?'

You'll be yourself again! Have some fun with this new lady in the meantime.

Falling Leaves (1950) by Helen Lundeberg

Dear Polly,

Two years ago, my husband and I had our first child, during a global pandemic, and my whole life changed in the span of one year. It's hard to tell what changed my life more: the pandemic or the baby (does it even matter?). Suddenly, I felt like I lost everything: my independence, my social life, a lot …