How I Learned to Stay Still
Category: PARENTING
She wants me to meet her ferocity. I usually do. Tonight, I surrender. With all of my might, I stay still. Then slowly -- magically -- she softens. The crying stops. Her body gives. She turns on her side towards me, I hold her. She exhales -- sweaty and empty -- and sleeps.
By Janell Burley Hofmann, Contributor
Author of iRules, International Speaker, Consultant, Founder o..., 2013-09-08