We’re ‘anti-Mother’s Day’ moms — we love our kids, but we deserve a vacay to do whatever we please this Sunday
NY Post
Motherhood is the gift that keeps on giving — and giving, and giving until sometimes it seems you can’t take it anymore.
Brooke Sharkey, a married Brooklyn mom of a 2-year-old daughter, had nearly reached her limit just ahead of Mother’s Day last year.
But instead of having a breakdown, she got a much-needed break.
“My husband booked me a one-night stay at the Walker Hotel Tribeca the Saturday before Mother’s Day,” Sharkey, 30, a personal assistant from Bed-Stuy, told The Post. “I took a long shower, watched whatever I wanted on TV, ordered room service, scrolled through social media in peace, treated myself to a fancy dinner and caught a Broadway show.”
“It was the best Mother’s Day gift ever.”
Rather than enduring long restaurant wait times for a platter of pancakes and cold eggs at Sunday brunch, or receiving yet another bouquet of store-bought roses, Sharkey basked in the kid-free, responsibility-free glory of the “anti-Mother’s Day” movement.