Metche JaafarHonourable Mention, Human
40 Nights of Darkness
How does it feel to have a baby? And how does it feel to be a mother? These are completely two different questions! It’s the difference between choosing and deciding. Going through postpartum depression felt like going through the five stages of grief, and it really felt like there was something wrong with who I am as a person and I was doubting myself as a mother. Coming out of the dark tunnel of the depression was like rising from the ashes, like a phoenix. The love I have for my daughter taught me to love myself, and it was like no other love I ever knew.