10 urgent little things

I had coffee with my mother's group...we run away for coffee in the middle of morning once every month or so.  And of course, we talk about kids, summer camp, school issues, etc. etc.  It was an enjoyable time, for sure, but it was also like being in an echo chamber--all of us hyper-concerned about what summer camp to choose for our kids, what swim school, whether to sign up our kids for 4H, Little League, and so on and so forth.

But what I really wanted to say:  I arrived at the coffee about ten minutes late, explaining that my day was jam-packed.  "You know one of those days when you have about ten different urgent things to take care of, and none of them by themselves amount to much, but they all pretty much have to get done that day?  That's the kind of day I'm having," I told them.  Which was true enough.

But it dawned on me later:  that's the day every mom has almost every day.  That's the kind of day I've been having, every day since my son was born.  There are always at least 10 urgent little things to do.
But today, this week, it's even more that way than usual, somehow.