And then she turned her face away from me, tears welling up in her eyes. "It's like I don't even know who I am anymore, you know?" she said. A sweet mom friend was over for coffee. Both she & her husband have full-time jobs, working from home. I could tell that juggling work & kids were taking a toll on her mental well being. She didn't want to subject her two children to mandatory temperature checks and wearing masks all day while they were at school. At the same time, homeschooling just wasn't going well for her. She found herself yelling at the kids more. She snapped at her husband at the smallest things. The family dynamic had suffered since everyone was cooped indoors a lot more & while she was trying her best to keep things going smoothly, she had hit a breaking point.

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