Songbird Cottage by Barbara Cool Lee

Author:Barbara Cool Lee [Lee, Barbara Cool]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pajaro Bay Publishing

A little while later they both sat back in their chairs and surveyed the wreckage. "I ate too much," Robin said.

"Me, too. But it was fun. If you move out here, we'll have to find some lower calorie recipes to try."

"It's a deal."

"So what made you decide to move out here, anyway? I picture you as more of a city girl. You're from San Francisco, right?"

Robin hesitated. But Ava seemed genuinely interested, so she explained, "it's the house. The cottage on that piece of land."

"It spoke to you," Ava said. "How romantic."

"Sort of," Robin said. "It means a lot to me." She took the plunge and shared: "I discovered the cottage belonged to my grandmother."

"Wow," Ava said. "Then you're meant to have it. That's amazing."

Robin nodded. "That's what it feels like. You see—" she said, then stopped.

"Yes?"

"My mother died when I was a baby, so any chance to have something connected to her…." She trailed off.

"I know what that's like," Ava said. "No, really," she continued in response to Robin's skeptical look. "My mother died when I was a baby, too."

"I'm so sorry," Robin said.

"She committed suicide. Oh, don't be shocked," she added when Robin almost dropped her teaspoon. "I talk about it a lot. On my blog in particular. When I was born, she developed postpartum depression, and she ended up dying when I was only about a year old. So now I am focused on educating people about the condition with my blog, and that helps me make peace with it."

"That's wonderful—not that your mother died, of course. But that you're using your platform to try to spread awareness."

"I think it's important to find a way to use the pain to do something positive. Otherwise the grief is just…." Now it was Ava's turn to trail off.

"Overwhelming," Robin said, completing the sentence.

They both sat in silence for a minute, looking at their tea cups.

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