Now that I wasn’t managing the daily logistics of having three kids, and constantly tending to everyone else's needs, I didn't know what to do with myself.
was still living in survival mode. I had clung to it like a life raft for so long that I didn’t know how to live a normal life anymore—I couldn’t remember what that looked or felt like. I had been home with one or more small children for the last six years of my life, with each new baby increasing the daily stresses and demands exponentially.In the driveway, I was sitting in our minivan feeling underprepared without an arsenal of toys, sippy cups, and teethers.
A year later, I’m still learning how to do that. It helps to fill the absence with things I didn’t even realize I was missing:, giving myself a DIY manicure, taking a shower with the bathroom door closed…all while my kids entertain themselves within earshot somewhere else in the house. Until recently, this would have been laughable. Unimaginable, even. But now it’s no big deal. And I’m here to tell you, you’ll get there one day, too.
Right now, as I write, I’m drinking hot coffee while my kids stage an elaborate battle between their army guys and their dinosaur figures. They’re taking their own bathroom breaks and getting their own snacks. We have no place to be anytime soon, and no whirlwind of chaos and crisis dictating how we spend our time.
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