My Husband Wants Me to Return to Work, But I’m Not Ready (& I’m Wondering If I Ever Will Be)

At school pick-up, my second-grader usually bounds over to me like a golden retriever, dropping her backpack at my feet and begging to play with her friends a while longer. But the other day, when I met her in the schoolyard, her sweet little face was stained with tears. She hugged me and blurted out between sobs, “My tummy hurts, and I’m cold.”

Luckily…

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