Sarah Treem knows that being a working mom is veritable roller coaster ride of emotions and hard decisions.
As the creator of the Golden Globe-winning television show, “The Affair,” and mother of two children under 5, she’s become a public face of successful work-life balance.
But Treem opened up about the difficult reality behind the glamorous facade in a powerful essay for Red Online.“As I write this, I’m alone in my house with my 4-year-old son and my 10-month-old daughter. My daughter has caught some virus that seems to be generating a really terrifying rash on 90% of her body,” she wrote.
“My lovely pediatrician, who I’ve now seen three times in the last 10 days, isn’t concerned, but she doesn’t have to wake up every 90 minutes to comfort an inconsolable infant,” she added, noting that her son has also been waking up in the night looking for his father, who isn’t home because he and Treem are getting a divorce.
The 37-year-old showrunner and her husband, Jay Carson, separated after tying the knot in 2014.
Treem said that though her career success turned her into…
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