In a number of ways, moms carried the many burdens of the COVID-19 pandemic, some of which they're still dealing with today.

Just over a dozen Central Texas mothers have contributed to a multi-author book and it's all about encouraging moms.

Quality time means everything to the Anders family. 

"Going to the park really represents how I try to balance working full time and being a mom," said K. LaFleur-Anders.

LaFleur-Anders is one of many moms who experienced working mom guilt and overall pressure amid the pandemic.

"Thankfully I'm able to work from home and can really bring my laptop anywhere," said LaFleur-Anders. 

According to a CVS Health survey, the pandemic "amplified levels of stress and anxiety among women, with moms and caregivers most deeply affected."

"There was a lot of anxiety behind not being able to be present. Not just physically present but mentally present because I was dividing myself between work and home, and so overwhelming anxiety. Felt like I was failing them," LaFleur-Anders said.

LaFleur-Anders hopes her new book for moms helps relieve some of their worry.

Just in time for Mother's Day, LaFleur-Anders will release a book full of chapters written by mothers.

"The name of the book is 'From One Mother to Another: Uplifting Love Letters From Our Hearts to Yours' and it's basically love letters to moms," LaFleur-Anders explained. "We are saying to different moms from different backgrounds, super diverse, 'We see you. We understand that things are tough and being a mom is not always easy, but you're not alone.'"

The majority of the moms live in Central Texas. 

"We have 13 moms, including myself it's 14, that's here in Texas," LaFleur-Anders said. "And then about five or six in Louisiana."

Jenny Dombroski is a contributing author. 

"My chapter mainly focuses on adventures in the life of my 8-year-old son, and I also have a 10-year-old daughter, but my letter really reaches out to the mom with a child on the spectrum," Dombroski said.

A Kaiser Family Foundation survey discovered "over half of mothers with school age children said that the stress and worry of the pandemic has affected their mental health, with one in five characterizing the impact as 'major.'"

"We need this book probably more than we ever had because moms have shouldered a lot of what has been going on in the pandemic," Dombroski said.

They want to make sure moms know they are not alone. 

"So the goal is for this book to be an encouragement to the readers, but for the authors it's really a healing process and it will be for the readers as well," LaFleur-Anders said.