Mom’s Spring Survival Guide: Lower the Bar, Then Crawl Under It

Spring is here. The birds are chirping. The kids are sticky. And you? You’re just trying to figure out how to look alive at 7:42 a.m. in the school drop-off line while wearing last night’s mascara and a hoodie you may or may not have slept in.

Welcome to Spring, aka “Let’s-Sign-Up-for-Too-Many-Things Season.”

Things You’re Supposed to Do in Spring (According to Pinterest):

• Declutter your home.

• Meal prep organic bento boxes for your children.

• Start a garden.

• Match your family outfits for Easter.

• Smile while doing it all.

Things You Will Actually Do:

• Hide winter clothes in a basket labeled “TBD.”

• Rewash the same load of laundry four times.

• Buy pre-cut fruit and pretend you chopped it.

• Let your kids eat Peeps for breakfast because technically they’re just sugar and air.

And you know what? That’s fine. You’re doing amazing. You’re the glue holding it all together—and sometimes that glue is glittery, unhinged, and one bad day away from a full-blown “I need a hotel night alone” moment.

But hey—spring is about renewal, right? So here’s your permission to renew your standards. Lower them. Lower. There you go.

Now go pour yourself a lukewarm coffee, yell “GET IN THE CAR” for the 47th time, and remember: You’re not alone. You’re just in Mom Mode.