We're honestly STILL laughing at this SNL "Perfect Mom" sketch, so here it is again

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In honor of Mother's Day 2019. "SNL" aired a pitch-perfect "The Perfect Mother" sketch, and it honestly nailed motherhood so hard. Watch it here.

This past Sunday, May 12th,  moms everywhere paid tribute to their own moms, thanking them for everything they did and everything they taught them about raising little ones. Mother’s Day has a way of bringing a bevy of memories and self-examination to the surface. For instance, lots of moms who feel like they’re hot messes look back at their own childhoods and feel like their moms made parenting look super-easy and they could only aspire to be as “perfect” as their mom was. Ahead of the holiday, Saturday Night Live ran a sketch that definitely nailed this experience.

An overwhelmed toddler mom, played by Heidi Gardner, has a heart-to-heart with her mom, played by host Emma Thompson, in which the former talks about all the ways she felt like her mom was pulled together, respectful, patient, calm, etc. But then we get flashbacks to what Thompson’s character’s #momlife really looked like—and it was anything but perfect. For instance, when Gardner’s character recalls that her mom kept her cool, we see Thompson losing her sh*t when her L.O. got paint all over the TV. We also see Thompson’s character taking the trash out…sans pants. In turn, Thompson’s character gives her daughter props for keeping her cool (when she’s really freaking out about the diaper bag missing a toy or having to call the pediatrician about her daughter eating crayons).

The sketch rang all too true for moms of all ages.

And as if that wasn’t enough on-point motherhood content, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler joined Thompson on stage at the start of the show to do a little lesson on “mom speak.” The trio translated what mothers really mean when they say certain things, like, “I love all my kids the same” (translation: “Your sister is winning,” according to Poehler). Regional differences matter, too. For example, Thompson shared that “[I’m] splendid” in the U.K. translates to, “I’m sad. I’m happy. How are you? You embarrass me. I’m crazy. I’m drunk.”

Happy belated Mother’s Day, all!