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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/BrittNaby on 2025-08-06 20:15:50+00:00.

Today, running on maybe three hours of broken sleep thanks to a teething baby and a toddler who thinks 4 a.m. is morning, I dropped my daughter off at preschool. I hadn’t brushed my hair, I was wearing coffee-stained leggings, and I was barely functional.

As I handed off my toddler, her teacher smiled kindly and handed me the travel mug I’d left behind last week. It felt like an act of divine mercy. Without thinking, I mean truly without a single brain cell firing, I looked her straight in the eye and said: “Thanks… I love you.”

She paused, then smiled and said, “Aww, I love you too, sweetie,” like it was the most normal thing in the world.

Then I got in my car, shut the door, and screamed into the steering wheel.

Motherhood is humbling.

TL;DR: I told my kids teacher that I love them!