by Michelle Stein posted in Parenting

If you're a mom, chances are you have a phone filled with a million photos of your children. There might be some selfies and maybe a group shot once in a blue moon. But what plenty of mothers are lacking are images of them doing mundane, nitty-gritty parenting stuff -- changing diapers, reading the same book for the tenth time in a row to our toddlers, letting our preschoolers "help" make lunch.
Mom of four Jess Wolfe recently shared an image like this, along with a powerful message. Her now-viral Facebook post features a photo of her finishing up a grocery shopping trip at Aldi with her young children in tow.
"Sweaty, baby strapped to my back, three year old insisting that her belly hurts and NEEDS her donut that she forgot to eat after lunch, 6 year old using everything in sight as a weapon, 7 year old wanting to spend the only dollar he has. This. This was my trip to the grocery today," Wolfe wrote. This frazzled mama was just trying to survive the barrage of kid shenanigans while bagging her groceries when a stranger approached them with a strange request.
"While I was bagging up my groceries (thanks Aldi) and trying to quietly keep from losing my ever loving sh*t, the lady next to me asked if I have one of those phones that takes pictures," she continued. "Trying not to convey my annoyance to someone else adding to the million questions that make up my day, I replied that, yes I do have one ...