Sahm Stories

a poem of sorts about a mind in depression

Perfectly imperfect life as a mother of 3

Five years ago, Ava Monroe gave her heart-and her body-to a man who disappeared the next morning. No number. No explanation. No goodbye. Just a broken girl, a broken car... and a positive pregnancy test. Now, Ava's a single mom doing everything she can to keep her daughter safe and fed in a run-down apartment on the wrong side of town. With no family to lean on, a dead-end job, and a five-year-old who asks too many questions, survival is all she knows. Until one random afternoon at the park... He's there. Caleb Ryder. The man she never thought she'd see again. The second he lays eyes on her daughter, he knows the truth. She's his. And he wants everything he missed. But Ava doesn't trust easily. Not after raising their daughter alone. Not after burying her father. Not with a mother who taught her how to run before she ever learned how to stay. Caleb wants to fix everything. Move them into a better home. Give Ava the life she never had. Be the father Ellie deserves. But some wounds don't heal with time. And some secrets weren't buried deep enough. He missed five years. Now he'll fight for forever.