Why I Cried on the First Day of School (And it Wasn’t Because I Missed Him)

Spoiler: I was late. I have looked forward to this day for years, and that is not an overstatement. Today was the culmination of nearly five years of long, lonely days, where I was never actually by myself.  The two extremes were, well, extreme.  Not to say I don’t love motherhood.  (I always feel like