Popsugar Parenting Parenting Mom's Honest Decade in Review Twitter Thread A Mom's Honest "Decade in Review" Proves That Social Media Doesn't Tell You Everything 6 January 2020 by Murphy Moroney My decade in review:Got engagedGot marriedHad baby #1Bought a houseTenuredHad Baby #2Kicked ass at workNow... want to know a secret? 1/— Christina Fattore (@cfattorewvu) January 1, 2020 Image Source: Unsplash / Marten Bjork Christina Fattore, an associate professor at the University of West Virginia, recently proved that people's lives on social media might not be all roses and butterflies, despite what we may think. In a now-viral Twitter thread, Christina shared her "decade in review," and while she certainly had an impressive 10 years, it wasn't without setbacks. "My decade in review: Got engaged, Got married, Had baby #1, Bought a house, Tenured, Had Baby #2, Kicked ass at work," she wrote. And while that all looks great on paper, Christina asked her followers, "Now... want to know a secret?" before giving some much-needed detail into how the events of the past ten years actually went down for her. Keep reading to get a look at Christina's "unedited" version, which proves that sometimes the road to motherhood, career success, and all the rest isn't always as straightforward as we think. Related: Mom's Poignant Twitter Thread Nails Why White Parents Need to Talk to Their Kids About Race Christina's Unedited Decade in Review My unedited decade in review:Got engagedGot marriedHad surgery to better my chances of getting pregnantGot pregnantHad c-section #1Dealt with crippling PPDBought a houseAlmost didn’t get tenureCried for a whole semester due to house + tenure shit 2/— Christina Fattore (@cfattorewvu) January 1, 2020 1 / 5 Lost right ovary due to endometriosis (abdominal surgery #3)Got tenure after fighting tooth and nailSecondary infertilityAppendicitis (surgery #4)Gave up on baby #2 after 15 cycles and insane stressSomehow ended up pregnantHad c-section #2 (surgery #5) 3/— Christina Fattore (@cfattorewvu) January 1, 2020 2 / 5 Dealt with crippling cramps due to endometriosis and possible AdenomyosisDecided I couldn’t live like this anymore so had a hysterectomy (surgery #6)Through all this, taught all my courses and wrote and published. 4/— Christina Fattore (@cfattorewvu) January 1, 2020 3 / 5 I’m sharing this because you never know what others are going through. I get sad when I hear people comparing themselves to others. Some years/decades are better than others. Be kind to yourself and empathetic to others. Happy 2020, folks ❤️— Christina Fattore (@cfattorewvu) January 1, 2020 4 / 5 Christina's Edited Decade in Review My decade in review:Got engagedGot marriedHad baby #1Bought a houseTenuredHad Baby #2Kicked ass at workNow... want to know a secret? 1/— Christina Fattore (@cfattorewvu) January 1, 2020 5 / 5 ParentingMotherhoodTwitter