This illustrator NAILS the mum life juggle, or should that be ‘struggle’?
Don’t you love it when you meet another mum who 10o percent gets your crazy life? Well, you haven’t met this mum in person, but I promise you, she knows you. And her illustrations are proof.
Your life in pictures
Paula Kuka is the creative mama behind the artwork on the Common Wild Instagram page. They’re a collection of ‘mum-musings’ or in other words, she draws what she thinks and feels.
In fact, so relatable and well-observed are Paula’s illustrations, that she might as well be drawing us and our inner voice!
One thing that stuck me when I was picking out some of her illustrations to feature in this story, is how real she is about mum-life.
I love this one, for instance (below). It shows that although we might feel lonely at times, almost every household with kids is experiencing the same struggles as us.
Chuckle and nod
Here are a few others that made me giggle, hold my heart and realise we really are all in this together.
I mean, who isn’t familiar with these universal motherhood truths?
The motherhood mental load
Paula nails it, right? As well as being funny and SO ON POINT, she also sums up what it’s like to be a mum whose brain, as well as her heart, is no longer her own.
Mood
Paula’s captions resonate with us as much as her illustrations do.
“I’ve been quiet on here lately. I’ve taken on a bit too much. I’ve managed to build this up to a full time job but I only really have 10 hours a week where I’m not with the kids. So it doesn’t really add up,” she writes in the below post.
“When I forgot to reply to an email someone told me I needed a list. I have a list. It has 85 things on it. And in terms of priority it feels like it goes:
1. Keep kids alive.
2-85. All very important and must be dealt with immediately or it will fall apart.”
Her work is a relatable reminder that sometimes we just need to be heard.
“Anyway, that’s my vent. No need to send tips. Just send sympathy… and a me too … and a maid.”
Us too, Paula. Us too.
More LOLs
Head over to Common Wild if you’d like to see more of Paula’s brilliance and just have a giggle.
