I remember it like yesterday - - probably because it just occurred last week, but hey that’s beside the point. “Whew! I am tired,” I can recall expressing out loud. It was more so one of those talks you have alone with yourself after a long day of work - - only my son just so happened to enter into my presence right when the words were escaping my lips. Aside from the fact that his 6 year old brain can’t possibly comprehend the gravity of adult duties, I would never make him feel bad about me being tired. As a mom I’ve made it my duty to be his provider and simply let him be a kid. Plus I think I’ve ingrained in him that school is his only job so much so that if you ask him what he wants to
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