Stop Rehearsing Life

The freedom of being honest enough to raw dog every moment

A mom friend texted me last week: “How are you doing?”

I was depleted. Running on fumes. But I replied: “I’m ok I guess...”

She wrote back: “I’m hangin in there...”

I stared at our exchange and thought, Why are we doing this?

So I sent another text: “You know what? Me too. I’m tired and depleted. Parenting is hard.”

She immediately responded with relief. Rea…