Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.

Being needed by somebody can be what holds a person in place through a bad stretch. When your own reasons have thinned out, an obligation to someone who depends on you carries you from one day to the next without requiring you to feel anything about it. Children are the plain case, and they are not the only one; the same weight can come from anyone whose life is bound up with yours.

If you are struggling, it can help to notice who is counting on you and let that be enough for now. And if you are the one someone leans on, know that the leaning is doing something.