In her column, Tracy shares experiences and lessons learnt as she navigates life and grows with her two boys. To share your views email Tracy on tracy-lynn.ruiters@inl.co.za In her column, Tracy shares experiences and lessons learnt as she navigates life and grows with her two boys. To share your views email Tracy on tracy-lynn.ruiters@inl.co.za

One day my boys wont need me to push them on the swings anymore

There I was, scrolling through TikTok while packing school bags for the next morning, surrounded by lunchboxes, missing socks and the kind of chaos that only children can create, when I stumbled across something called the “mommy and son gravity theory”.

And just like that, my entire evening was emotionally derailed.

Not “I forgot to defrost the chicken” derailed.