I Left the Hospital With a Box Instead of my Baby

Reentry is a rebirth

Julia Marsiglio
Found In My Journal
5 min readAug 23, 2021

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Image by Alessio Mattei on Canva Pro

Reentry. It’s something we’ve all thought a lot about in recent months as we navigate our way towards post-pandemic life. We joke about lost social skills and debate the merits of continued masking. Plans are made and cancelled as governments dip their toes in the water of normalcy only to coil away again on contact. Too hot. Too cold.

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I answer rhetorical questions. Intersectional feminism. Neurodivergence. Trauma. Grief. Canada things. A smattering of poetry and fiction.