For years, my husband would stick yellow sticky notes on the fridge grading my cooking, my body, and even my parenting skills. He called it “couples therapy,” and everyone would laugh… until my eight-year-old son asked me if he could also fail at being a son.
I stared at that last line until the letters began to swim. “Maternal Risk Assessment Request.” Risk. Maternal. Two words put together to turn me into a threat inside my …
For years, my husband would stick yellow sticky notes on the fridge grading my cooking, my body, and even my parenting skills. He called it “couples therapy,” and everyone would laugh… until my eight-year-old son asked me if he could also fail at being a son. Read More