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The internet is filled with pitch-perfect parenting memes that make me feel part of some universal human experience, and this week, Chrissy Teigen decided to usurp all those funny tweets and relatable quotes with a five-second video that perfectly explains, nay, defines what it is to be a mom.
In an Instagram video posted Thursday, the mom-of-two can be seen perched atop a ride-along toy at the tip-top of a ball pit slide. Just as she confidently pushes off, things go awry, and she immediately covers her chest to keep her low-cut jumpsuit from exposing a bit too much on the way down.
She captioned the short but powerful post, "Whoopsie daisy," and adding to its amazingness is the fact that her husband, John Legend [3], can be heard laughing from behind the camera.
"I loved that the first thing you did was save the 'girls,'" a commenter wrote. Another correctly stated, "I think it gets funnier the more you watch it."
For me, however, the more times I view the five-second video, the more I see it as the perfect metaphor for motherhood. Things start out so promising, and yet we all end up at the bottom of a ball pit clutching our last shred of dignity.