You're Welcome...

You're welcome family. You are welcome for the tidy house you all came home to after you left a messy one behind. You're welcome children for the Valentines I took the time to provide you. You're welcome for all the questions I answered today and for the example I led. You're welcome for putting you first. You're welcome for the homework help, the pee pee clean up, the bathes and the stories

This was a day I could have really used a thank you. Maybe tomorrow I'll race off to therapy before you're awake, return your library books and chauffeur you around without a second thought, but today...Today I got blank stares and defiance. I got ignored and criticized. You all came home in your own worlds and it never crossed your minds that all the laundry didn't do itself. Today you are kind and sweet as ever, but not grateful. Today I feel wrung out and tired.

You don't care about the things I did today. Only not doing them, would have been noticed. My head aches. I want to skip dinner and sleep. I want someone to put their arms around me and say "good job". That person doesn't live here today and perhaps I won't need them to tomorrow.