Stray Thoughts: The Sounds of Silence

It takes a while to get used to. When you first have kids, there are noises everywhere, from the routine crying of the hungry child to the screams of the injured child who once again did what you said might hurt them, but did anyway, to the moans or coughing spells of the sick child that keep parents the world over awake at night. Later, the noises cycle into schedules in which you’ll hear…