photo lmnop yesterday girls home spending days transitions seamless times feeling emotionally spent hour arrival yesterday exhausting days daughters bombarded dozen things wanted list included crafty christmas projects needed hand shelf wanted installed room ways soothe achy tooth back environment mind racing possibilities readjusted daughter needed pour sadness heart heart slowly filling reached brim spent couple days carrying carefully attentive spill drop home bear carry step poured stepdaughter returned house yesterday dealing stresses wraps semester projects prepares finals rigorous school house emotionally packed tricky parenting equations earlier drama lunch friends told -month-old weekend dinner guests twin toddler boys imagine twins began speculating twins work child diapers times work they're cahoots percent work you're giving bath give table real experience twins left night realization folded stacks laundry realized needed make lunches finally climbed recognized exhaustion emotional physical suddenly clear work parenting child school physical triple laundry breakfasts lunches make making sandwiches times work making extra bodies house care additional hearts minds care they're completely things times line assure line trim toenails unique require specialized individual attention experimental unproven approaches worked daughter won't necessarily work feels full-time-job requires daily parents kids feels worthwhile good devoting acknowledging hard knowing you're makes struggle 