True story. I cooked, cleaned & paid bills in my daughter’s house. She said, “If you can’t work, what’s the point of you being here?”

were already exhausted.

You have been telling yourself that this is what love looks like. That this is what a good mother does. That to have needs of your own is somehow selfish.

I want to say this carefully, and I want you to hear it.

There is nothing selfish about needing rest.

There is nothing selfish about having a back that hurts.

There is nothing continue reading …