As mothers across the country adjust to a new school year that has, for the third year in a row, been upended by the coronavirus pandemic, one took to Facebook to share a message she says all moms need to hear.
Karen Johnson, a mom of three in Wisconsin, wrote in a Facebook post all the things she had accomplished in one day, from working full time from home to registering her kids for after-school activities, getting a painting price quote for the family's home, coordinating a play date for her son, preparing food for her family and even working out.
She then shared what she called the "magic secret" for how she did it all."My kids were on screens all ... day. I barely saw them," she wrote. "They fed themselves breakfast and lunch (food foraging was the only time they emerged from the basement) and I'm pretty sure they ate ice cream for breakfast and Oreos for lunch. I don't even know. There were definitely zero fruits consumed.""Also, the house is trashed. We just got back from a 2-week vacation Saturday night and still haven't finished unpacking," she wrote, later adding, "That's how I managed such an 'efficient' day."Johnson went on to remind moms that, "anyone who says you can do it all is ... lying.""Something HAS to give. In fact, many things have to give," she wrote. "There is no other way."Johnson's post, which she shared on her 21st Century SAHM Facebook page, has received thousands of likes and garnered hundreds of comments from moms who thanked her for her honesty."Thanks for being real and honest. And saying the things no one does. You are absolutely right. No one can do it all alone," wrote one commenter."Thank you for this, exactly how I am feeling lately," wrote another.
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