Hello it is me, Betsy!
Not that you know who I am already, but that is the point of an intro.
I am a mom, an imperfect mom, of 5 children, Ages 5 -19.
Yes, you read that right, I have miraculously raised my first child into adulthood, shocking I know! I only have 4 more to go, but I have learned everything that I need to know from my first, that is why you should subscribe and read on. Just kidding, I am not perfect even after parenting for 19 years I still fail from time to time. Failure makes us stronger, better and wiser. Yes, wiser!
I am still failing and learning every day. Just ask the kid I forgot to feed lunch to, she will agree. I am human and I am flawed. I make mistakes, we all do especially when we are sleep deprived and exhausted from making sure our tiny humans are alive and happy.
It can be hard to feel like you are doing a great job when most social media posts are about perfection. The perfect husband, the perfect vacation, the perfect kids and the perfect moments we capture on our smart phones and share. What we do not see, is the mess behind the perfect images. I am going to show you the mess, the failures and all the moments that we can all relate to, but do not share on social media.
So, listen up, NO ONE IS AS PERFECT AS THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS!! Do you hear me mamas? NO ONE!
That mom posting her perfect pictures, is sitting it in her yoga pants, while her kids are throwing Legos at each other, which she will inevitably step on later. I know because, I am that mom and know moms just like I described! Some moments are picture perfect and I post those moments because I am proud, but we also need to see moms fail too because it makes us feel normal. I do not want to hit a mom while she is down, that’s is simply unkind, but I want to point out that we all make mistakes. We can be united together, embracing our imperfections and stopping the mommy wars.
Failure is how we are programmed to learn. You cannot ride a bike without falling over and over again while shedding a few tears in the process. Parenting is like that too, you are going to fall down, a lot, and even cry, but I am here to help you. So, brush off your knees and wipe away those tears. Do not be ashamed, because even grown ass woman cry over spilled milk some days!
Come build a community with me, Mothers united in embracing imperfections.
Why?
Because we want our children to grow up and know it is okay to fail because failure makes us stronger and someday our kids will be running the world.We want them to see us us and get right back up, because that is what we want them to do.
Be sure to stop back weekly, for new blog posts on all things parenting, but mostly failing and embracing imperfection.
I am still trying to figure out this website thing so please bear with me as I learn along the way, I promise it will be great, inspiring and mostly embarrassing.
Coming soon:
YouTube channel
My book, NOT a Picture Perfect Parent: Parenting Failures that Would not Get Shared on Social Media.
