I am tired of being scared of everything.

I am tired of being afraid to step outside my door because of a sex offender who might live next door/down the street/around the corner from me.

I am tired of being afraid of the Chinese and how they’re trying to kill us all.

I am tired of being afraid of terrorism.

I am tired of taking my shoes off at the airport when it’s security alert orange.

I am tired of orange alerts and laissez-faire TSA screeners.

I am tired of parenting being a game of what is best and how much that costs and if you don’t spend it, then you don’t love your child.

I am tired of parents (other mothers, mostly) who are surprised that another mother would deign to want to go back to work, thrive in that environment, because why have a kid if you’re going to let someone else raise him and therefore miss out on all of the important firsts in his life?

I am just tired. That is all.