Feeling stuck in a mundane routine of motherhood every day, I forgot who I was apart from being a mother. As a result, I suffered and so did my family. No one was happy, and this was far from what I had dreamed of.

Social media is such a powerful tool, but it is also a double-edged sword. What many people fail to realise is that most of the accounts we follow share highlights of their lives. Whether it’s cooking up a scrumptious feast for the family with restaurant-level presentation or taking the kids out on a vacation (or staycation) with smiles all around, what you see on their page is only a sliver of what really goes on. While it’s nice to catch up on how our friends are doing through their social media posts, this becomes a problem when what is shown becomes the benchmark, the standard and the expectation for what motherhood really looks like.