Dad's heartfelt photo of steamed-up shower shows 'crazy' reality of being a mum
Being a parent means never having time for yourself.
Even mandatory tasks like taking a shower and cooking food are difficult to complete when little ones are in the picture. But for one father, the little-sacrifices his wife makes every day as a mum became crystal clear.
One day after finishing work, Zack Williams returned home to find his daughter Lottie's basket in the bathroom. Speaking to his wife Heather, she explained she had moved the tot into the room while she was cleaning up.
The next morning as Zack turned on the shower, he spotted a tiny detail which made him 'so appreciative' of his wife. The viral picture has since struck a chord with parents all over the world.
The image has been shared more than 28,000 times (Facebook/HisViewFromHome)Williams, from the United States, turned on the shower and as the steam filled the room, he noticed an area where Heather had wiped the glass so she could keep an eye on their daughter and make faces to keep her entertained. "I literally just sat there and stared at the glass and smiled," he wrote on Facebook.
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"I could see it, I imagined it, it was like I was there in the room with them. I could see Heather just looking through the glass and making faces at Lottie as she smiled and played in her bassinet. I just melted! It's so crazy to me, how the smallest things can make me so appreciative of my wife. It's the little sacrifices my wife makes for this family, that would normally go unnoticed."
He continued: "Mannnnn... I can't tell you how much this fogged up glass means to me! The fact that my wife can't even shower without caring for someone else, tending to someone else's needs. She doesn't get a second to herself to relax.
Zack posted the tribute to his wife Heather on Facebook (Facebook/Six Shots with Zack and Heather)Want to avoid the doom and gloom? Get the latest positive news straight to your inbox with our Bright Stuff newsletter
"My wife doesn't get to clock out, my wife doesn't get the satisfaction of seeing a cheque deposited in the bank in return for her hard work, my wife doesn't get to eat lunch with coworkers, my wife doesn’t get to just walk outside and just take a deep breath. This may be just a fogged-up piece of glass to some, but to me it means so much more... It's the little things like this that make me fall in love with her all over again."
The touching post was shared to His View From Home back in 2019, a Facebook page sharing real stories about fatherhood, where it's since been shared 28,000 times and attracted 6,200 comments. Other related heavily to the post and shared their own experiences of the sacrifices their partners make as parents.
One mum said: "I'm a retired nurse. When my kids were little on Saturdays he would wake the boys and take them to breakfast so I could sleep in. So Sweet. Another wrote: "If anyone ever wrote something so beautiful for me my heart would stop."
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