Aurora Shimshak

May 28, 2024 | theoffingmag.com | Lilly Dancyger |Aurora Shimshak |Nancy Jorgensen |Lupe Mendez

I always thought I would have kids someday. I wanted a baby before I turned 30, I used to say. But as I approached and then sailed past that arbitrary deadline, I became less and less sure. Motherhood always sounded like something that another version of me would be ready for, someday. But then real life caught up with that hypothetical “someday,” and I wasn’t ready. I loved the life my husband I had built together—quiet evenings at home with our two cats, international trips every year or two.