Mom Pov Full -

I shut the door. I lean my forehead against the hallway wall. My body hurts in places I didn't know had nerve endings.

This is the "full" Mom POV: It is 50% physical exhaustion and 50% tactical planning. While I am still horizontal, I am running diagnostics in my head. Who has soccer practice? Did I sign the permission slip? Is there any milk, or are we having dry cereal of shame? mom pov full

This is the full Mom POV. The uncut, unrated, director’s-commentary version of what it actually feels like to be a mother in the trenches. It is not always beautiful. It is not always kind. But it is always, always real. I shut the door

But I am also full .

I go downstairs. The kitchen looks like a crime scene. There are dishes in the sink. There is a mysterious sticky substance on the remote control. The dog has eaten a sock. This is the "full" Mom POV: It is

And I will do it all over again. On purpose. With a full heart.