If you’re struggling right now as a mom, having a shit day where you’re getting a swirly in the toilet of mom guilt, or just trying to survive this whole motherhood thing, here are 28 memes you need to hear from parents who have been right where you are and want to remind you that you’re not alone. For some reason there’s a stigma against admitting that motherhood is hard. “Momma said there’d be days like this,” except she didn’t not really. Some of us come out of those deep, dark places sooner than most, some claw their way out slowly, some get swallowed whole, and some find themselves sinking back in from time to time throughout motherhood as we try like hell to do our best.
When we’re beyond tired, our bodies are shredded, and we’re feeling emotionally beat to hell. We’re introduced to them in those first few weeks of being a new mom.
I don’t know where I first heard the term the trenches of motherhood but man, I find myself in them a lot. “I was a shitty mom today.” I’ve said those words countless times on days where I fell short, plans didn’t pan out, or I just didn’t have the energy or the patience to try to be “super mom.”
