I am grateful for my wife's emotional labor in how she...
Managed our daughter's emotional distress over potty issues while she was also trying to get some work done in the home office
Explained to me how my exasperated tone while I was trying to reduce her cognitive labor actually added to her emotional load and made her feel guilty for stepping away to get work done
Stayed with the children through lunch while she could have left to work in the office because she could sense that they were unsettled and needed her presence to feel grounded
Stayed with my daughter by the pool during swim lessons so that she felt more confident to participate