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I spent all day desperate for a break. Now I miss them.

Parent · Little kid · Aug 12, 2026

Anonymous truths someone just needed to say.

A child's bedroom after bedtime: crumpled blanket, worn stuffed animals, books on the floor.
A child's bedroom after bedtime: crumpled blanket, worn stuffed animals, books on the floor.

Sometimes after bedtime I look at pictures of my kids from earlier that same day. I spent all day desperate for a break. Now I miss them. Nobody warned me that both things would be true at once, every single day, for years.

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