Opera singer Camilla Kerslake broke down in tears over missing an important meeting as she said: ‘I’m not being the mum I want to be’.
Lamenting her struggles as a working mother, Camilla, who is married to English former rugby union player Chris Robshaw, with whom she has two sons, Wilding and Hunter, said she feels like she is always failing at something.
Sitting in her car, Camilla, 37, said: ‘I am meant to be on a train on the way to the Houses Of Parliament today to talk to an incredible MP whose vision and voting record completely aligns with the Kerskale Robshaw foundations.
‘However, I also had to drop the kids off at school. Yesterday, my son fell and he has a really swollen lip and a wobbly tooth
‘So I had to go pick him up at 1pm when I already had so much work to do and I had an event last night.
Camilla Kerslake broke down in tears over missing an important meeting and said: ‘I’m not being the mum I want to be’ as she lamented her struggles as a working mother on Instagram on Thursday
Lamenting her struggles as a working mother, Camilla, who is married to English former rugby union player Chris Robshaw , with whom she has two sons, Wilding and Hunter, said she feels like she is always failing at something
Her husband Chris wrote a supportive note about how great a mother she is
‘So I got in late, I got up on time actually. They slept for once which was really nice, but obviously, anyone who has done the drop off knows that there’s a certain time you can drop them off from and it’s just absolutely impossible to drop them off at that time and then still make my train.’
She continued: ‘I still tried but at the same time, my son was emotional today. He was wobbly, he had a really bad fall yesterday and he genuinely has facial trauma. I’m concerned that he might lose the tooth
‘And I said to him, “do you think you can go in by yourself?” And he couldn’t. And I just stood there and I just realised that I had to make a choice.
‘I could force him to go in by himself and maybe I would have made my train or I could walk him in and hand him over to his teacher and give him a hug.
‘That’s the first proper injury he‘s ever got. He’s been really lucky so far, but I mean it is bad. Like I said, he might lose a tooth, it might be dead.’
Starting to get emotional, she said: ‘But it’s just so much and when I dropped my son off at nursery, I looked at my clock and I saw that I had three minutes left to get the train.
‘And people have to do this every single day, but the worst thing for me is the fact that because it was a meeting for my charity, it’s not even me that I am letting down.
‘It’s all the kids that the Kerslake Robshaw foundation supports
‘And had I not had, you know, to completely interrupt my day yesterday to go pick up my son, I probably would have looked and been like, OK, I don’t think I’m going to be abel to make my train.
The opera singer admitted she was struggling to balance her peraonal and professional life
Breaking down in tears, Camilla said: ‘But you know I didn’t aee Chris all night, he was working in the day, I was working in the night – and the day – and it’s just really really hard because I just always feel like Im failing at something
‘I don’t see how I can do drop off and make my train, so I probably would have seen if there ws anyone awroun to help
‘And someties there is and to be honest, sometimes there’s not with us, but I’m sure I could have asked someone just to help.’
Breaking down in tears, Camilla said: ‘But you know I didn’t aee Chris all night, he was working in the day, I was working in the night – and the day – and it’s just really really hard because I just always feel like Im failing at something.
‘Not being the mum that I want to be or I don’t have any time to practise the music that I have to for the operas I have coming up.
‘And I had a gig at the weekend and I’ve just not been able to do any practise for it. Or I’m letting down the kids our charity supports.
‘I know some people have it so much worse and I just don’t understand how we can expect to do it all the time.’
Camilla captioned the post with the words: ‘ Just an overwhelmed mum with unbrushed hair, ugly crying on the internet because she feels like she’s failing at everything *all* the time.’
Chris sweetly wrote: ‘You are an incredible mum and we all love you.’
For more information on how you can help the charity, visit https://www.kerslakerobshawfoundation.com/
