I'm Not Yelling at Him, I'm Yelling In His Direction. If I'm Quiet, You're in Trouble

You're Not Too Much · May 13, 2026 · 28m · transcript

Here's the thing about asking for help: the ask itself is the labor. And I learned that the hard way during the two worst weeks of my life.

My youngest came eight weeks early. I'd just had a C-section. We were running back and forth to the NICU, trying to care for a two-year-old at home, healing from surgery, and keeping an entire life running on fumes. People kept asking, "What can we do?" And we kept saying, "We're fine." Not because we were fine. Because figuring out what to ask for was just as much work as doing it ourselves.

And then a woman showed up at my door without warning, without…