Stuck In A Single Identity

My identity is tied up in my singleness, my childlessness, and I’m not sure I want to let that go.

Photograph by Christophe Dutour/Unsplash

“If I were to have kids,” I tell my therapist, “I would feel like I’m betraying my tribe.” I laugh as I say it, aware of how ridiculous it sounds. She stares back at me from my dirt-speckled screen, a familiar face I have yet to meet in person. What I’m…