“Motherhood is hard, but motherhood during a worldwide pandemic must be at least 1000x harder! On a good day, moms are already overwhelmed with 754 things to do, 421 places to be, and about a million things to think about. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, a lot of people said that ‘the world stopped’. That’s true in some ways, but for moms all around the globe, kids stayed home from school and daycare, and life suddenly became much, much busier. Goodbye routine, hello uncertainty! It became so much harder to find a spare minute for yourself. Any space you may have had from your children likely disappeared overnight.”

“Often, mothers shrink themselves by no longer pursuing their hobbies, changing their career goals, eating the foods their kids will eat… In time they just disappear and become “mom” while they’re focused on raising their kids. And this is a fair coping mechanism given the craziness that ensues, especially in early motherhood. Though now I’d do anything to get it back, I think back to the days when my two girls were young and remember the complete exhaustion I often felt. There were so many workouts I missed and kid-friendly meals that I ate while racing around attending to them.”