A [on phone]: Mom, are you at your computer?
Me: No, and I wasn’t planning to be. Why? What’s up?
A: I wanted you to look at something I’m working on for a class project [for graduate school].
Me: I was just about to –
A: Oh, can’t you just take a peek at this? Super quick? Besides, you’re always telling parents that they have to be open to unexpected moments of parenting, even when kids need you at the most inconvenient moments.
Me: But you’ve been inconveniencing me for almost 36 years!
