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Here's what they need. Tony Morrison was a single mother. That meant it was all on her to provide, to love, to lead her family. And you might think that that would be overwhelming, which surely at times it was. But Morrison managed to succeed not just as a parent, not just as a parent, but as a working writer by boiling down this complicated job to just three

key tasks. Their needs were simple, Morrison told Emma Brock's in a 2012 interview. One, they needed

to have me be competent. Two, they wanted to have me have a sense of humor. And three, they wanted

me to be an adult. How perfectly simple and well said.

Have your shit together. Be fun. Be responsible. Of course, simple doesn't mean easy, but it does

give us a place to start. And it reminds us what doesn't matter. As Morrison would explain,

the kids didn't care if I did my hair, didn't care what I looked like.

They didn't care about anything really, that you're there, that the trains run on time, and that

they're safe. Everything else, as we've said, is extra to be avoided. So prioritize according.

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