What’s a Mom to do?

There was a strange, unfamiliar sound around the house on Thursday afternoon. Silence! Jake was sleeping in his car seat in the corner. (He didn’t wake up after we ran a few errands earlier that afternoon – so following the cardinal rule around here, I did not wake up the sleeping baby!) And Robbie? Well, he found a pile of clean laundry on the La-z-boy and quickly fell asleep. Looks cozy, eh? I admit, I didn’t know what to do with myself for a few minutes! I composed myself and then acted quickly – closed the door and windows to muffle the sound from outside, pleaded with the dogs not to bark, made a quick dinner, poured myself a tall glass of chai iced tea…and turned on Oprah. Timing couldn’t have been better. She was speaking to Oscar nominated actors. When she asked Daniel Day-Lewis about being a Dad, he said the following sweet and funny words that resonated with me: “For a good part of my life I’ve enjoyed traveling light…there was nothing more wonderful to realize that I was now shackled for the rest of my life and what a wonderful shackle to have.”