My dumb anxious brain wakes me at 4AM worrying about the schedule for a school event that will take place three weeks from now. I tell my brain to go back to sleep. Instead, it drafts an email to the person in charge of the event, wanting details. I tell my brain that I do […]
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To Care for Others, You Must First Care for Yourself
For about ten days in the middle of February, either I or one of my children was sick. It brought my life to a complete halt. I had to take a few sick days to care for me/us; I was hardly writing; I didn’t maintain most of my healthy habits. Everything else fell away while […]