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COLUMN: Do you feel like you’re failing at motherhood? Me too

I did not sign up to wear this many hats, nor carry this many bags
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A mother’s to-do list never ends. (Photo by Kim Kimberlin, 2022 - Williams Lake Tribune)

“Am I failing?” I asked myself one morning while frantically getting the kids ready for school.

The lingering feeling of failing as a mother was recently intensifying, whether due to another missed vaccine appointment, not enough fresh vegetables in the fridge or the pile of laundry growing in the bedroom and the kids only having mismatched socks (which they prefer, to be honest).

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Kim Kimberlin, Local Journalism Initiative

About the Author: Kim Kimberlin, Local Journalism Initiative

I joined Black Press Media in 2022, and have a passion for covering topics on women’s rights, 2SLGBTQIA+ and racial issues, mental health and the arts.
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