Martha wishes more than anything that she\u2019d been overreacting \u2014 that her worry was simply stress getting the better of her.
\nShe wasn\u2019t imagining things. She wasn\u2019t mistaken. She would trade anything to have been.<\/p>\n
Martha has a four-year-old daughter, Beverly.
\nHer husband, Jason, and Martha both work full-time, so Beverly typically attends daycare during the week.<\/p>\n
It is not ideal, and Martha always carries guilt about it, but Beverly was happy, making friends, thriving.
\n\u201cShe\u2019s fine, Martha,\u201d Jason told her one morning as they packed Beverly\u2019s lunch.<\/p>\n
know, but I don\u2019t want her to feel like we\u2019re pushing her away,\u201d Martha admitted.<\/p>\n
A month ago, Martha\u2019s mother-in-law, Cheryl, extended an offer that seemed almost too good to be true.
\n\u201cWhy don\u2019t I watch Beverly on Wednesdays?\u201d she suggested over dinner.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe can get a break from daycare, and we can have some quality grandma time. It\u2019ll be good for her.\u201d
\nMartha hesitated, partly because Cheryl and Martha had never shared the warmest relationship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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