A Typical Day Parenting When My Husband is Out of Town

I can do this. I am the best mother in the world. Oh no, everyone is crying.

5:07 am: My husband leans over and kisses me. He’s leaving for the airport to go to Boston for a three-day work trip. For the next four hours, while I get the kids ready for school, he will sit on the subway, wait in the airport, and then sit on a plane with nothing to do but probably scroll through his phone.

He’s so lucky, I think, but at least I get t…