EPISODE2: I hired a 16-year-old babysitter, and on her first day, she arrived late, disheveled, and wearing two different shoes. I thought, “This girl is going to burn my house down.” But my three daughters hugged her as if they had been waiting for her their whole lives…
Part 6 — “The Purple Scrunchie” Monday mornings always felt slightly violent. The house woke in fragments: cabinet doors, running water, missing shoes, half-finished homework crises, burned toast, and at …
EPISODE2: I hired a 16-year-old babysitter, and on her first day, she arrived late, disheveled, and wearing two different shoes. I thought, “This girl is going to burn my house down.” But my three daughters hugged her as if they had been waiting for her their whole lives… Read More