that i don't have it all together.
or get it all done.
i keep getting comments or emails asking "how do you do it all?"
"how can you handle everything?"
you say you feel exhausted.
and overwhelmed.
ME TOO.
i got another one of those emails yesterday.
i looked up from my computer and shook my head.
i picked up my camera and made sure i showed you the reality of my home.
i did not touch one thing in these rooms.
this is exactly what they looked like at 10 AM yesterday.
i am not proud of this.
but this is reality.
we do clean it up....but it never stays clean.
my kids have lots of chores but yet it always is a big ol' mess in here!
i get really discouraged when i clean it up or we all clean up and by bedtime.....
it looks just as dirty as before.
ugh.
it is a vicious cycle.
so now you know....i do not have it all together.
i'm sure you knew this was real life but i think in blogland we often forget.
we see the pretty all the time and think "why can't i be that way?"
"how can SHE get all of that done?"
"what is wrong with ME?!"
nothing.
the pretty-pretty is not real life.
laundry
over flowing toilets
kids throwing up all night
disgruntled teenagers
finger prints
piles of shoes
sticky floors
smelly dogs
hurt feelings
full schedules
bad grades
good grades
talking back
spilled milk
running late
that is real....but not fun to look at.
cut yourself some slack today.
i am trying my best to be a great mom and i bet you are too.
that is all we can do!
now i have to hang christmas decorations.
AND obviously....CLEAN SOMETHING.
