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This mom’s post about the sacrifices of parenting is going viral

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Parenting is all about juggling – and even for the most seasoned moms and dads, it can get downright frustrating at times, especially when one parent works long hours.

That’s exactly what Tennessee mom Katie Spence Pugh was feeling a couple of weeks ago. In a now viral Facebook post, she shared a photo of her husband eating dinner with their daughter at his side.

“I snapped this picture the other night at the end of a long day. I was tired. I was irritated. I had sent my husband a text telling him that I knew it wouldn’t make a difference, but I wanted him to know that I was feeling fed up with how much he works and with all that I have to do everyday by myself,” she wrote, explaining that because her husband is a farmer he works extremely long hours during harvest season.

“The full time job, cooking dinner, bathing kids, weekend trips without him, keeping up a home, you name it I was resenting it.”

But she said that when her husband came home and sat down to eat his dinner, she began to see things differently.

“He came in, fixed his plate and sat down to eat all alone. He was tired. He was hot. He was exhausted. Rather than complain, he said he was sorry I was tired and felt that way,” she said. “Charlotte joined him and talked his head off and even ate most of his dinner. He didn’t complain. He shared, and it hit me.”

“Do I wish that we saw him more than an hour or so a day? Yes. But, the love he has for his craft is something to envy.”

“While I felt frustrated, I really should have felt thankful. I got to sit down to dinner and hear all the stories from the day with the kids,” she continued. “I got to give them a bath and hear their squeals and giggles. I got to snuggle and love on them for 3 hours more than he did. He is the one sacrificing, not me.”

While Pugh’s story is just one example of the ways parents can often feel like they’re picking up the slack for their partner, it’s a story that resonates – so far, her post has been shared more than 50,000 times.

As Ashley Austrew from Scary Mommy writes, “In the trenches of the day-to-day, it’s easy to overlook the sacrifices of others and only focus on your own struggles.”

What do you think about this mom’s viral post? Have you ever experienced anything similar? Let us know by tweeting @YahooStyleCA.