Love is a Verb, or, My Day

Last week someone at the coffee shop asked me "what, exactly, I do all day." This is a fair question, for many who do not have children are mystified by the experience of a "stay at home" mom (or any mom for that matter.) I wasn't sure how to answer that question. "Well, I take care of the baby..." But what does that mean?

After I left I decided to pick a day--a regular, not particularly busy day, a day with no special events or appointments or chores--and take pictures throughout the day. I offer to you, gentle readers/viewers, a sample of these documentary photos. If it bores you, I apologize. It's "what I do."

wake
refresh

pray
change

feed

walk

caffeinate

shop

stop (and smell the renunculus)

clean

intervene

intervene

chase

intervene

distract

intervene (again)

sort

run (away)

fold

feed

put to sleep

garden

entertain

comfort

prepare

serve

listen

bathe

put to bed

sleep