Calley Marotta (she/her) is a teacher, writer, researcher, friend, and mother living in Denver, Colorado. Her writing focuses on experiences of essential labor like service and care work. She is currently working on a memoir about motherhood, embodiment, and attachment strain. She is grateful to colleagues, friends, family, and writing communities like Heart-Head-Hands, DU Writing in Place, and Lighthouse Writers for their support and inspiration. This is her first creative writing publication.