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You don't have to be a perfect mom. You just have to be a try mom . And you don't have to try alone.

They're in Maya's new apartment—small, clean, hers. The #TryMoms are cooking a chaotic dinner. Leo is braiding Priya's hair. Maya's son is asthma-free for three months. Priya is medicated and sleeping. trymoms

Priya finishes: "And to the moms who know that 'trying' is the most beautiful, brutal, brave verb in the world." You don't have to be a perfect mom

In a world that celebrates perfect mothers, three very different women—a young single mom, a corporate executive hiding PPD, and a grandmother raising her grandchild—form an unlikely pact: they will stop pretending and just try , together. They're in Maya's new apartment—small, clean, hers

Maya laughs bitterly: "I tried a 'mommy and me' class once. They smelled like lavender and had matching water bottles. I smelled like fryer grease."