This morning DH apologized for not washing the dishes – which had not bothered me until he mentioned it. Funny how the attitude to inconvenience changes everything. When my little kids wandered though the colic, I was ashamed – that was when those books re-hashing Ferber (Farber?) were big in church circles. I was ashamed that mothering was so hard, that I was so tired. I have an unusually pleasant life, but this article on suffering, persistence, attitude and East/West takes on life was interesting.