I recently read an article where the writer was a mom of young kids and her life revolved around them. She was trying to explain and apologize to her friends because she was “in the weeds.” She was too busy caring for her little ones who required so much of her to be a good friend. She felt bad for not responding to emails or phone calls. And she reminded her friends that it won’t last forever. My immediate thought was it will for me. The season of our son requiring everything of me isn’t going to end anytime soon. He will need me to tie his shoes year after…

I met a friend for coffee recently. Or maybe I should say I briefly saw a friend at a coffee shop. I tried. I tried to get out of the house and have an adult conversation, with a friend. Christopher had a different idea. Last weekend I made plans to have coffee and enjoy a fall walk with a friend. I was looking forward to getting out and grabbing a pumpkin spice latte for a treat. I walked into the coffee shop full of smiles pushing him and strolled over to the table they were sitting at. Everything seemed to be going well…until it wasn’t. He started screaming. He started banging his…