The Kindness of Sharing the Overwhelm

"What a circus act we women perform every day of our lives.  Look at us.  We run a tightrope daily, balancing a pile of books on the head.  Baby-carriage, parasol, kitchen chair, still under control.  Steady now!  This is not the life of simplicity but the life of multiplicity that the wise men warn us of."
~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh

I recently received a call from a mom friend.  She is someone I admire both for the way she parents and for how she seems to do it in a calm and graceful manner.  She shared that the other day she had felt overwhelmed with a number of small things, but overwhelmed nonetheless.  We had a nice conversation and a good laugh over the things that overwhelm us.  I appreciated her candor and found it reassuring to have company.