Sure, I knew all along that no one ever demanded perfection in my household except me. I thought it was my job to keep it orderly and clean. I am good at that. Sometimes it’s easier to scrub the shower stall than have that heart-to-heart talk with your teenage daughter about the boyfriend you believe is not nice to her. Rather than keep on keeping on, living as I’d always done, it was time to make a few changes. I knew it wouldn’t occur overnight or even in a few weeks. Change is a process.

