Tag: invisible labor


  • I got sick last week. Somehow, the universe had its own sense of humor and arranged that ALL the kids stayed at home as well. It had been one of those mornings. Sick kids at home, me at ca 10% of my usual energy, the house a mess. Me repeating for the tenth time things…

  • Excuse my language. Or don’t. Two weeks ago, we decided to throw a goodbye-summer party for our friends. A few days before the party, I immediately fell into the familiar pattern of stressing about how messy our home was. The anxiety almost drove me mad. And then I just … resigned. Not from the party.…

  • You’re Doing the Impossible. Stop Pretending It’s Easy.

    For YEARS I thought I was just a “bad mom.” No matter how hard I tried (new routines, better planners, simpler schedules), everything eventually collapsed back into chaos. Until one day I sat down, opened an empty spreadsheet, and started writing down everything I was actually doing. The data told a story I wasn’t prepared…