But I Prefer Being Home

  • But I Prefer Being Home

    Stuck

    I was screaming. Metal bars encapsulated my head, and the yellow Golden Arches of McDonald’s were glistening in the sun high above me. People were gasping, children crying. The fire department raced in my direction, but before they were able to reach me, my mother had already covered my entire head in slick, greasy butter.

  • But I Prefer Being Home

    The Mental Load

    It was one morning in mid-December, and I asked my husband, “Sweetie, did you call your sister to tell her we aren’t going to make it for the Christmas party?”

    “Oh, shoot, no. I’ll call her later today.”

    And the mental load piles up.