The Great Unbalance

Aprelle Duany
Nov 4 · 11 min read

The Busy Mom’s Survival Guide

Most moms reading this post are familiar with the Family Guy scene in the above image. While Lois tries to take advantage of a few moments of peace and quiet; here comes Stewie disrupting her zen and sending her into a frenzy. As moms, we’ve all been there. I can remember a similar event happening in my own family.

The kids were downstairs watching a movie while my hubby worked from his laptop in the dining room. Sensing I could steal a few moments of peace and quiet, I tip-toed upstairs, entered the bathroom, and closed the door quietly…

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