Tag: emotional labor of mothers

• How Motherhood Changed Me: The Truth About Mother’s Day, Mom Guilt, and the Unseen Work of Mothers

  

  Every year, Mother’s Day arrives wrapped in flowers, brunch reservations, heartfelt cards, and carefully curated social media posts celebrating motherhood. We see smiling family portraits, matching outfits, beautifully decorated kitchens, and mothers who seem to carry parenting with effortless grace. For a long time, that was my understanding of motherhood too — polished, fulfilling, and…

  Sandy Esprit

  May 8, 2026

  Motherhood

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