Amelia De Vaal

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“Thank you for that” by Amelia De Vaal

Submitted to Contest #175

The fact that motherhood can often be a thankless task is a given that gets pointed out so often that I am almost tired of hearing it. All the memes circulating on social media of tired moms going on therapeutic shopping sprees to Target, drinking wine and whining about not getting any credit for their sacrifices don’t always make me nod in agreement. Sometimes it makes me downright uncomfortable. Why are we so petty about not being thanked enough? Why do we feel such a hunger for being seen and appreciated if we knew, going into this “inves...

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