The Seven Day Switch

by Kelly Harms

When you are home with your kids constantly, you forget to be all there sometimes. There’s no urgency about the quality of the time you spend together, because there’s so much quantity.

How much we all give up, we mothers. How much we willingly hand over. Our bodies. Sleep. Sometimes safety. Often passion. And, of course, our dreams. We’ll give up our very dreams, if that’s what it takes to see to theirs.

My dream is healthy adult offspring who can figure out what makes them happy and then make it happen. And when they’re not happy, I want them to believe they can weather the storm until it passes, knowing full well that it will.”