One Woman’s Viral Letter to Stay-At-Home Moms

Ryshell Castleberry, a Florida-based tattoo artist, penned an emotional tribute to stay-at-home mothers via Facebook on March 3, which now has more than 189,000 shares and 526,000 likes.

Castleberry opened the post with an imagined conversation between a psychologist and a husband complaining about how his “wife does not work,” only to end up listing all the many tasks that kept his wife — and stay-at-home moms around the world — busy throughout the day. Castleberry went on to defend her post by writing that anyone, whether a working mom or working dad, should be able to “read the message and replace the words with words that fit [their] situation.” To Castleberry, the post was largely about recognizing the effort of people who are too often under appreciated.

My wife does not work
My wife doesn't work!!!
Conversation between a husband (H) and a psychologist (P):
Q: what do you…

Posted by Ryshell Castleberry on Thursday, March 3, 2016

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