Kelleen Goerlitz

Consumed by a Season Kelleen Goerlitz

With love in their eyes and hope in their hearts, a couple begins the joyous journey of parenthood and finds themselves drawn into the tumultuous waves of postpartum. People live within the ebb and flow of life - among the changing seasons of circumstances and identity. But what happens when the flow stops and the seasons cease to turn? Consumed by a Season is the fictional story of a couple who finds themselves taken over by a postpartum disorder during what is often glamorized as one of the happiest times in a person's life. The emotional struggle they experience while trying to hold onto each other, let alone themselves, provides a glimpse into the raw truth of parenthood the way numerous people experience it. As mental health slowly fades, one begins to wonder what happens when happiness is overcome by the unexpected and unknown? What happens when a person is consumed by a season?