I know this feeling, sort of, as I experienced that pang of loneliness after staying at home all day with my children when they were babies. I often wished I could relate to the other mothers at story time as easily as they did among themselves, signaling that they all belonged to the same tribe. Yet it’s also weirdly fortifying, seeing what one person can endure, and coming out on the other side of it
I know this feeling, sort of, as I experienced that pang of loneliness after staying at home all day with my children when they were babies. I often wished I could relate to the other mothers at story time as easily as they did among themselves, signaling that they all belonged to the same tribe. Yet it’s also weirdly fortifying, seeing what one person can endure, and coming out on the other side of it