Open Letter To The Lady With The Crying Baby in the Movie Theater

Note: This story originally appeared on my blog on October 1, 2015.

Dear Lady with the Crying Baby in the Movie Theater:

I get it. You’re a new mom spending most of your day with a very young, very vulnerable human who needs you for everything and, by default, never gives you anything back. I understand that the work of being primarily, or even solely, responsible for meeting this human’s needs is a demanding task, a task that is performed at all hours of the day and night, often when you are…