This post started out with a different title: “Things I Love, Hate, and Wish I Loved About Being a Mother.” And then I thought, well, I don’t allow my kids to use the word hate, so I’ll modify that to say “things I really don’t like” about being a mother. And then I started writing, and although I came up with some things I really don’t like (I’ll give you one for each child, just to be clear: Marilee’s 5:30 wake up calls and William’s temper tantrums and Penny’s tone of voice when she says, “Stop it I don’t like it!” incessantly), but I’d rather record the moments that make me grateful for this demanding, rewarding, repetitive, creative, sanctifying role I get to play in our...