Trying to Conceive

Bethany Marcel's work has appeared in Creative Nonfiction, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She's a Contributing Editor at Barren Magazine. Find her at www.bethanymarcel.com or on Twitter @bethmarcel "Trying to Conceive" was originally published in Creative Nonfiction magazine's, Sunday Short Reads series. It is now a part of Short Édition's series, The Current.

Originally published in Creative Nonfiction #65 / Fall 2017 / Science & Religion
It's not difficult to imagine a line. First, close your eyes. Remember when you were a child and noticed everything about the world: the light stretching just so across the baseball field, the white dog fur on the kitchen floor, the map-like lines on your mother's stomach.             It can't be that hard to see a line.             Open your eyes. Do you see it yet?______Hold it up to the window. To the bedroom lamp. You're searching for light. Take it outside. Squint harder.______Tell your husband, I think I see something. Watch as he squints. I don't see it, he says. Get angry with him. Thi

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