COME ON! GET REAL!

It's time to get real ladies and gentlemen. People ask me a lot how I get up the guts to get real on the blog. The truth is I am SICK, SICK, SICK of people feeling all alone because they think everyone else is less screwed up than them. It's ridiculous. We all have our times we are flying high and our times we are doing a nose dive. Why do we all pretend? It's all a pack of lies wrapped in a bunch of arrogance. So I am going to give it my best shot and TRY to get real on this blog. This is a get real zone. No bull allowed.

So I am NOT simply breezing through this transition. It's not the children. The kids are awesome! Kaiya is precious. I have found over the years that the problem is RARELY about the kids. Yes, they are sinful and challenging and create a lot of work. The truth is though... they push buttons that show off my sin. They show me just how impatient, selfish and ugly I can truly be.


Man.... I do not know how to do this yet. Some days I think I am getting it... but seriously. 3 kids is WAY harder than two. Man alive, I feel like my work tripled with one more kid. My house is messy so much. I am trying not to let it make me crazy. You moms with 6 kids, 11 kids go ahead and giggle. You deserve a good laugh. I am at a loss for how you do the amazing job that many of you do. I am doing good just to barely keep up. Every day is a success if the mess doesn't get significantly WORSE, everyone got fed, had a bit of fun and paid some attention. LOL!! ;0)

I am a three kid rookie!!! Plus, Kaiya has the mentality of a two year old in a lot of ways but really acts more like 18 months old physically. I am having to adjust to having a baby again. It's tough to go back after having so much freedom. I was spoiled with just a 9 and 5 year old. I am really struggling to readjust to this new life and dive into where I am now. It's hard because this new reality feels so different from the one I was in 1 month ago. I know from experience that these moments pass so quickly! I want to soak it in. Mentally I just haven't gotten there yet. I need to surrender to where I am supposed to be right now even if that means everything looks like chaos to me.

Anyway.... that's the truth in my house. Would you watch this video for me and then accept my GET REAL challenge? I challenge every one of us to start being a little more real with the people around us. Let's just be where we are, who we are, and trust God. Let's all accept that we can't do better. We can only surrender more fully. Let's all be OK with not being OK all the time and love each other anyway- then see what happens. That's my challenge.






If you will accept my challenge and write your own GETTING REAL blog post would you link it to mine by entering your info below? I would love to hear your thoughts on what is REALLY going on and why we should all just get real with each other.