Mom-ing is Effing HARD Right Now!

Tiffany Antone
5 min readJul 7, 2020

I’m not the only parent losing my mind during quarantine…right?

Photo by Matthew Henry on Unsplash

Oh, hello there! Are you reading this on your phone while you hide from your children in the bathroom, by chance? Are you even crying a little while you shovel ice cream into your gobhole from your perch on the toilet because you know that, any minute now, a little person is going to push through the magic “Peace and Quiet” portal/door to find you?

Of course I’m speaking from personal experience! Where do you think I’m writing this fromksaud.bd —

Oops, dropped some ice cream there. Let me just lick that up…

Fun fact: Did you know that when you look for “Mom” photos, the only ones that pop up are glowy, happy, sun-shining razzle-dazzle baloney. Yes, motherhood can be all of those things, but it can also be a total sh*t-show and I don’t know about you, but I’d appreciate a little more realism in #momlife representation right about now. Like, at least the picture below looks kind of like the mom is super happy because she’s about to drop her baby off at a super colorful daycare…

Photo by Dakota Corbin on Unsplash

Listen, I’m in here using up my precious “alone” time to tell you that I SEE…

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Tiffany Antone
Tiffany Antone

Written by Tiffany Antone

Thinking thoughts, writing them down… trying not to scream in the interim. Also: Playwright. Professor. Mom. Wife. Cat-Servant. Follow @LadyPlaywright

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