How does some thing that moves so fast

Also seem to take forever

A toddler getting out the door

… fed, changed…washed, clothed…brushed, packed…tackled buckled rushed rolled

A pregnancy, a birth

Borne of years of imprecise technology and a singular miracle

A breast pump reactivated

3 to 4 times a day

Seven days a week

For nine months

Or around 800 30-minute sessions

Not including the actual feedings

that helped create this thriving toddler

Who takes forever

yet moves so fast

= childhood and motherhood in tandem, tension and tenderest time