
A Note to the Other Mamas, with Ordinary Problems --
I don’t know about you, but I find it pretty draining out here, right now. Last night I crashed after I put one of my three children to bed. He wasn’t even asleep yet, just tucked in for the night, when I walked straight to my own room and ducked for cover. This was not a plan so much as a reaction to my sudden, immediate, pressing level of tired. What did I do to be so tired at 8:30 pm? Just life. I did life, for one more day. Ordinary life is requiring all our energy in the