Comments on: Will All of the Real Moms Please Stand Up?

By: amynmore

amynmore — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:41:21 +0000

Thank you so much for this! It’s like you’ve been inside my head (and my house). My husband’s been deployed for almost 11 months, and I constantly struggle with not keeping up with everything, and feeling like I’m failing my girls. So encouraging to read these words, and know I’m not alone.

By: Ruby J.

Ruby J. — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:57:26 +0000

I’m a real mom, with real boogies on the wall, a bathroom that smells used, kids who show me that just when I think we’ve got things down, there’s always room to grow, laundry & dishes & meals that need doing when I’ve no time or energy to do them all the way I’d like. I’m a real mom who, when I just open my eyes to what really matters, can see that children really are a blessing from the Lord, & that toys are meant to be played with, food is meant to be eaten, dishes & clothes are meant to be dirtied & cleaned & dirtied again, toilets are meant to be peed in, furniture & books & all this other stuff is meant to be used…& when a family with 6 children uses things, we really use them! I’m a real mom, with real children, & all of us are learning to be Christ-like together…so yeah, they mess up, but, man, so do I! God gives us grace, & we all need to give it to each other, as a family, & as Christians. Thanks for the post, Laura, & for all the comments, Real Moms!

By: sharon

sharon — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:53:38 +0000

AMEN!! it’s a daily thing for me to doubt myself, for me to wonder if i should hand my kiddos over to another, because i obviously am messing it all up. Feeling incompetent as a mama is horrible, but real. and why do “surprise” guests only surprise you when your house is upside down??? they never surprise you when everything is neat and tidy. i am glad i am not alone and i promise you are not alone either. From missing socks; to burnt dinner; to sticky floors; to defiant sneaky lil demons oh, i mean defiant, sneaky lil boys; to pee covered bathrooms (didnt i just clean the bathrooms an hr ago???)……….i’ve been there, i’m there, Lord help me. I constantly pray, Lord i know you will not give me more than i can handle, but must you trust me sooo much??? sending kudos and mama power to all the real mamas.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:34:55 +0000

Thank you! I’m not very good with the computer stuff.

By: the frugal kitkat

the frugal kitkat — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:39:53 +0000

I love your blog. It is the best blog I have discovered in such a long time. It is informative and inspiring. I keep interrupting my husband’s playoff game to tell him about everything I am learning. Go 49ers! :)

By: CFloyd

CFloyd — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:06:20 +0000

Good for you for not letting a “difference” stop you from receiving a commonality. There are some women who work well in their way. It doesn’t take from the fact that many, many of us struggle because of a false lie. There are no perfect mothers or perfect children. The words that encouraged me from a 20 year homeschooling father of many is: God didn’t call us to be successful; he called us to be faithful.

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:43:08 +0000

When I copied the url into my fb post a link popped up!

By: Kellie

Kellie — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:51:12 +0000

I have been struggling with this since my second child was born….that I can’t do everything perfectly all the time. I have to remind myself that the only person who cares (or notices) is me. My Mother asked me one evening what I remembered of my childhood. I responded with being happy, feeling loved, and having fun with my family. She asked me if I remembered our house being clean, laundry done, beds made, etc. My answer was no. Her response was because it doesn’t matter. You love your children and God. That, and only that, makes you a good mother….and the rest will come. That has helped me more than anything. So I am trying to play and laugh and love more, the dishes can wait! I am a real Mom!!!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:05:24 +0000

Thank you for this post! I was hoping to be able to like it on Facebook to share with my friends. I think that they would benifit to it also! I know that I struggle with these things also! Thank goodness for the body of Christ and the unmessurable grace that our Lord and Savior gives us!

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:55:47 +0000

I am a real mom…and I feel it…every single day…