My SD Moms If you’ve ever had that urge to look at your phone at the park but didn’t — not because you were so enthralled with watching your kids on the playground but out of fear of what the other mothers
might think — this woman gets you.
If you’ve ever stressed about the baby weight, left dirty dishes in the sink because you’re running late, or contemplated antidepressants — this woman understands you. Constance Hall is a real mom who can relate to all of these struggles that come with parenthood. But instead of working through them in private, this bold mama is using her experience to call out the hardships and honor all of the other women who are going through them with an open letter on Facebook.
“To the woman at the park, looking at her phone, ignoring her children, I salute you,” Hall wrote. “For not giving into the public perception that you should be switched on, 24 hours a day.”
Not only is this Australian mother of four all too familiar with the difficulties of “parent sex,” but she also understands that dealing with postpartum depression can be beyond trying. “Postnatal depression is a rude little c***,” she wrote. “You are still coping, do not confuse depression for not coping, you’ve taken action, you look like a coping queen to me. Too often strength and weakness are confused, strength is asking for help. You are so strong. So many women are going through the exact same thing; they just don’t talk about it.”
“To the woman at the park, looking at her phone, ignoring her children,
I salute you.
For not giving into the public perception that you should be switched on, 24 hours a day.
For giving no f***s about what “constable mother’s group” thinks.
To the woman with piles of dishes and washing who walks straight out the door for a coffee at her friends,
I salute you.
Being a good mum or wife or human does NOT mean spending eternity cleaning your house. If you leave them for long enough your friends will start doing them. Trust me.
To the woman at the doctors surgery, waiting patiently to request some antidepressants,
I salute you.
Post natal depression is a rude little cunt. You are still coping, do not confuse depression for not coping, you’ve taken action, you look like a coping queen to me.
Too often strength and weakness are confused, strength is asking for help.
You are so strong.
So many women are going through the exact same thing, they just don’t talk about it.
To the woman who didn’t loose all of that baby weight,
I salute you.
A brand new 24 hour job that doesn’t pay and won’t end for around 20 years is NOT a good time to give up cake. Eat the cake, eat the whole f*****g cake and f**k off anyone who dares to say anything. Your post baby body is not all the sudden free for public commentary.
Lots of love,
A fellow mum, who’s days are full of mammoth fails and micro victories, yet who’s heart still manages to repeatedly explode for the mini army of Love all day.
-Con”
