by Carolyn Robertson posted in Parenting

One of the strangest things about motherhood is how, despite being one mom among millions, it can sometimes feel like you are all alone.
It can feel like you are the only one with raw and bleeding nipples. The only one with an angry, head-butting toddler. The only one watching the clock at the end of every. single. day, desperate for a break.
As much as it sometimes feels this way, the truth is: You are not alone.
Mom-of-two Mia Carella proves this point in a beautifully honest post that was recently shared on Love What Matters.
"To the Mom Struggling to Hold Her Sh*t Together," it begins. Sounds familiar already, doesn't it"
"I have something important to tell you, mama: I don?t see you.
Now, don?t stop reading just yet. Please hear me out. It?s true I don?t see you, but I know what you are going through.

I know that these days you are almost always exhausted and fueled by caffeine and anxiety.

I know that you try your best to be a good mother, partner, daughter, and friend, but all too often feel like you are failing at all of them."
Mia goes on to detail the often unspoken realities of motherhood that clearly resonated with the thousands who have liked and shared her post.
Things like:
"I know there are days when you feel like you want to run away, but then decide to just sit in your car in the grocery store parking lot a little longer then necessary just to be alone."
And:
"I know your...