Being Mom: The Should and The Good
by Emma Kirkman In the first term of the school year my six- and eight-year-old daughters were invited to so many birthday parties the invitations reached double figures. On one weekend alone there were five celebrations, which meant on Monday morning when I arrived at work and was asked how my weekend was, I could only respond with one word: exhausting! When I explained it was because of the logistics I had to negotiate – how to get from A…