Breathless. What time is it? It feels early. Are my contacts in? My left eyelid feels gummy. I reach for my phone. Thud. It knocks the side of the wooden bed frame. Hot breath. Humid. Which child is pressed against my back? I reach and grasp for the wire of the ear buds and grip the thin rubber between my index finger and thumb, and I slowly pull the phone toward my body; deliberately; careful not to pull the ear buds from the plug on the phone.
My wife, on the front lines
My wife, on the front lines
My wife, on the front lines
Breathless. What time is it? It feels early. Are my contacts in? My left eyelid feels gummy. I reach for my phone. Thud. It knocks the side of the wooden bed frame. Hot breath. Humid. Which child is pressed against my back? I reach and grasp for the wire of the ear buds and grip the thin rubber between my index finger and thumb, and I slowly pull the phone toward my body; deliberately; careful not to pull the ear buds from the plug on the phone.