Endless Nights

By Kate Swenson | March 23, 2020

There are 24 hours in a day.  Every hour is 60 minutes.  But I am quite sure the hours between 1:00 and 6:00 AM are at LEAST 6000 minutes each. Lonely hours spent alone with my thoughts. I have been awake during these hours because I am feeding an infant. I have been up because I have insomnia and can’t sleep.  I have been awake because I suffer from chronic pain or a cold and so I just can’t get comfortable. A sick and hospitalized child or other loved one…

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There is an Exhaustion in Forever

By Kate Swenson | September 28, 2019

It’s 12:49 pm here. I just crawled into his bed and wrapped my arms tightly around him as he sleeps. A much needed nap. I feel his deep breaths go in and out against my chest. His course hair tickling my chin. The smell of syrup still on his cheeks, now covered in salt from crying. The smell of sweat. He is drenched. I let my breath out. The one I’ve been holding for over an hour now. We are home. Everyone is safe. We survived. On this beautiful Saturday…

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