Tomorrow we pick up the children (my husband and I)

Tomorrow we pick up the children (my husband and I);

They have stayed with grandparents and

Three

Whole

Nights

Is an eternity when you are a mum.

So much time to think, to purchase, to talk, to watch films, to garden, to eat well,

Not to be interrupted, not to have to think of answers, not to have to jump out of bed.

They said they would write a book.

I decided I wouldn’t (not this month).

I can’t wait to read it. Waiting

Is an eternity when you are a mum.