Just five minutes.
Unscripted. Unedited. Real.
My Real thoughts of the word…..REAL
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Often I try to portray myself as having it all together, especially around those who frown upon on our family size.
And I get a lot of frowns…
My pride gets in the way of me being, “REAL!” It gets the better part of me.
I hide behind the dark crimson curtain and pretend I can do this motherhood thing without blemish.
The truth is…I don’t have it all together. I am a screw up! A “REAL” sinner saved only by His grace alone!
I am the Mommy who at times..
drives through McDonald’s when I don’t feel like cooking
puts on the TV when I want to check my email
puts dirty socks on my children on occasion
gives my children pop tarts
lets my babies sleep with me
screams without legitimate reasons
doesn’t tell my children I love them enough
drinks a glass of wine when weary
doesn’t always listen attentively
doesn’t keep every piece of artwork
anxious for bedtime
forgets to cut nails
and so many more doesn’t and forgets…
I am the one who does all these terrible things! This is the REAL me.
I am so grateful that I have a God who unconditionally loves me for the REAL me. I don’t have to hide behind the dark crimson curtain anymore because He knows the REAL me and has redeemed and released me of my imperfectness. He has made me REAL, so I will realize…I need a Savior!
I do not deserve His new mercies everyday.
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Let us be REAL and share with one another our strength and our weaknesses in the blogosphere!
May iron sharpen iron! Please leave a comment, so I can get to ♥ the REAL you.
WOW loved your post I am about to be married again and am terrified I will mess this up I am a mom who has made mistakes with my kids and can see that I should have done more I am obcessive over my puppy I am easy to frighten and easy to cry and never forgive as fast as I should
Many blessings to you and your husband, Tracy! We are all imperfect and that’s why we need a Savior!
I turned the “I don’t keep every art project” into a math lesson a few years ago LOL! One day when one of my children was lamenting that I didn’t keep their creations from that day, I had all the older children that could get out their math books and figure out this word problem. “If a family has 10 children and each day those 10 children make 1 art project, and their mother has to keep every, single one, how many art projects would she have at the end of the year? In 10 years? After 20 years? How much room would she need to store them?” At this, one of them piped up with “but mom, we make more than 1 per day!”, I answered “Exactly, but figure it out as is”.
The answers are 3650, 36 500, and 73 000 and even if every single project was 1 sheet of paper, my children very quickly learned that it is impossible to keep everything 🙂
I have on several occasion teary eyed boys! Thank you for your encouraging math equation! Thanks for stopping by!
I think that being real is so noble, and it is always a comfort to know that others do the same things we do. None of us are perfect, so why pretend to be? Everything that you mentioned (and much more) is on my list of imperfections! You are so right, God loves us regardless!
Thank God for His mercies! Thanks for stopping by Megan!
girl. friennnnnn. so good. so real. but so cool at the same time …thanks for sharing what you think is so terrible when for a lot of people it’s a way of life…so girl you are doing pretty dang good, AND you’re cute! lol. great blog thanks for your candid-ness
Thank you Kells! Look forward to connecting with you! And thanks for your kind words. ♥ from your newest cool friend!
Oh yes, I get this. I would add to this list (b/c I do many of the ones you posted) -lets them eat food off the floor, sometimes just Windexes the bathroom instead of really cleaning it, finds activities for inside when I don’t like the heat outside….
This is one of the most awesome things I have read in quite some time. I do so many of the same things with my 5 kids. Many years ago my mother-in-law (who has had 12 kids) told me this, “they are only young once, so enjoy this time while you can, the house will still be a mess, the laundry will still be there, the bills will still have to be paid. You can never get back all the little moments as they grow. So learn to let all the other stuff go.” So with the grace of God, I listened. It was the best advice she has ever given me. My 5 kids range from 12 – 25, and we are the tightest knit family because I made them what’s important. That list is what the perfect mom is. Thanks for keeping it REAL!!!!
Wow!! I was wondering how you knew me so well when we’ve never met! Lol I only have 3 children and I find myself hiding behind that curtain quite often.
Just wanted to say thanks for sharing and today it us the real me speaking to the real you!
Many blessings to you for helping us all get through one more day standing in the glory of God together!
Dirty socks? You are giving me ideas! Honestly though, I tend to notice things like the excess length of my son’s fingernails when we are seated quietly in church and there is nothing I can do about it.
You have given the perfect description of “Mom”, there aren’t many June Cleavers out there most of us are “Mom”s . Thanks for admitting to being REAL! We all are at some point, we might just not admit to it.