Mom’s 60-Minute Escape Plan: Bathtub Refuge To Sanity Salvation

Meet the seasoned mom who's spent 20 years wrestling four kids, an event management job, and a full MS in Education while discovering the secret sauce to surviving motherhood: a sacred, fiercely guarded 60-minute nightly minefield she calls 'my hour.' Picture her—folding laundry, staging dinner battles, battling yelling kids and own tears, then dodging bedtime assaults by tiny humans demanding 'Mama, I need you.' She finally said, 'Enough!' and carved out this elusive hour—a luxury so rare it survived sick kids, teething chaos, and cheer practice madness. Bonus plot twist: her high school freshman daughter also demands an hour, proving misery (and dodging chores) loves company.

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Source: Businessinsider | Published: 10/19/2025 | Author: Nicole Johnson