“I got you”

(Not the typical “those three words.”)

I lost my cool.

My daughter was acting up and squirming on her changing table while I was trying to get her into a new diaper and clothes for the day. My rational mind knew she was probably uncomfortable being on her back from teething or the umpteenth cold of the month. But lack of sleep and the pressures of day-to-day parenting got the best of me. I got upset, raised my voice and forced her into clothing somehow through her tears. Did some deep breaths to calm myself.

What happened next hit me hard….

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