Author: Jackie Pick

Jackie Pick is a former teacher and current writer living in the Chicago area. She is a contributing author to multiple anthologies, including Multiples Illuminated, So Glad They Told Me: Women Get Real about Motherhood, Here in the Middle, as well as the and the literary magazines The Sun and Selfish. She received Honorable Mention from the Mark Twain House and Museum for her entry in the Royal Nonesuch Humor Writing Competition. Jackie is a contributing writer at Humor Outcasts, and her essays have been featured on various online sites including McSweeney's, Belladonna Comedy, Mamalode, The HerStories Project, and Scary Mommy. A graduate of the University of Chicago and Northwestern University, Jackie is co-creator and co-writer of the award-winning short film Fixed Up, and a proud member of the 2017 Chicago cast of Listen To Your Mother.

Mother’s Day 2016

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We’re all doing the best we can.
 
It might just be my Facebook feed, but it seems the anti-Mother’s Day sentiments are abundant this year. It’s a Hallmark Holiday. It’s forced. It’s cruel to some. It’s insensitive. How dare you?
 
*And those are legitimate.*
 
This day is painful for many people. We can’t escape the carnations and brunches and hurt.
 
But 364 days a year, many of us mothers are told “You’re not enough.”
 
Not cool enough. Not smart enough. Not interesting enough. Not working enough. Not home enough. Not raising them well enough. Not taking enough “me” time. Not spending enough time with the children. Or the spouse. Or the friends. Not thin enough. Not ignoring societal messages enough. Not listening to them enough. Not original enough. Not pristine enough. Not tough enough.
 
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Not right enough.
 
And some of these trickle into…

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