The Message From My Son That Forced An Impossible Choice – The Archivist

it became regular.

“Mom, can you do pickup from daycare on Wednesdays? It’s on your way home from the hospital.”

It wasn’t on my way. It added forty minutes to my commute. But I said yes.

Then it became expected.

“Mom, we’re going away for the weekend. You’ll take the twins, right?”

Not a question. A statement. And I took them. Every time.

I became the continue reading …