I used to roll my eyes a little when she said she was \u201cexhausted.\u201d I thought she was being dramatic\u2014always in leggings, hair messy, house cluttered like a storm hit it. I\u2019d visit, see her passed out like this on the couch, baby nestled beside her, and quietly think, Well, we managed in our day.<\/p>\n
But then I stayed for a week.<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t just bottles and diapers. It was constant motion. Constant giving. She barely ate a full meal sitting down. She wiped spit-up off her shirt without flinching. She calmed my grandson during colic spells for hours, humming the same lullaby through tears.<\/p>\n
And one morning at 4:30, I found her in the kitchen, barefoot, bottle in hand, eyes red, whispering to herself, \u201cJust make it through this hour.\u201d<\/p>\n
I watched her without saying a word.<\/p>\n
Later, when she apologized for the mess and said she wished she could be more presentable while I was there, something cracked open in me. She wasn\u2019t apologizing for the house. She was apologizing for herself. For not being a picture-perfect mom or wife. For struggling.<\/p>\n
And I realized I owed her an apology, too.<\/p>\n
Not out loud, not just yet. But I started showing up differently.<\/p>\n
I offered to make breakfast while she rested. I folded laundry without being asked. I took the baby for a walk so she could shower. I made her tea and sat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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