Monday, April 28, 2014

She's got it all together...she's Super Mom! Or is she?

I recently had a few different conversations with some of my friends. While all of them are so amazing to me! They shared a common thought. For some reason they all seem to think that I have it "all together". While I appreciate the sentiment, I can't help but think they might have had too much wine lol OR....really don't know me at all.
I know the areas in my life that I excel, none of them being "perfect".  I am a pretty good cook. I plan awesome weekends with my family.  I volunteer. I am the gatherer of people. I can make you laugh. I'm a great friend. And the list could go on.....but let me tell you something about myself.....I'M A HOT MESS!

What you might not know about me is:
  • I do laundry weekly, but it doesn't get put away until I need the laundry basket for the next weeks laundry.
  • I don't actually put my clothes away...they sit on my dresser. In a nice flat pile...organization is key right?
  • I swear
  • I hide snacks for myself
  • I put myself together, then when my day is done (that is when I am done running around), I put my "fat pants" on and watch T.V. 
  • I workout, but I hate running and will never do a marathon
  • The only yoga my pants see is the kind where I look like one of those blow up dancing things you see at car dealerships (it's not cute, it's crazy)
  •  I'm not a size 4
  •  I don't have a "to die for" wardrobe
  • My house isn't always as clean as it looks
  • I hate negativity
  • My schedule is as crazy as I am
  • I have a love hate relationship with Pinterest
  • I let my kids eat fast food
  • I probably let my kids eat too much pizza and french fries
  • I can't sew (I can fix a hole, that's about it)
  • I wish I had more alone time with my husband
  • I wake up at 730 not "o'dark thirty"

And this list too can go on and on.................



I have friends who worry that they are the only ones who aren't a Super Mom.

No one is a Super Mom!

Not me, not you, not her, not anyone.

I don't believe that Super Moms exists. I believe being a Super Mom is learning to accept that we are imperfect. I make mistakes, and I own them. I want my image of the Super Mom to be that of a Mom who ignores dishes to play with her kids, who accepts her own flaws and still tries to be the best wife and Mom she can be.






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