You have to take a moment to stop and watch the video for this week’s devotional, its FABULOUS. I don’t think I’ve been more understood than when I watched the video and realized we as moms wear SO many hats. Click on link here: http://youtu.be/2YllS4JwLi0 As a mom, understanding how YOU function, what your preferences are and what your expectations are helps you discover your best Mommy M.O. How often have you had a set of expectations about your day, only to fall flat on your face within the first hour of waking? I’ve been there. I’ve done that and I’ve …
Who’s Got Your Back? (No More Perfect Moms)
Written by Heather Riggleman, Author of Mama Needs a Time Out Don’t forget to watch the video first! If you haven’t read the book, it will give you info about the chapter on friendships. http://youtu.be/d2EpSpYEFmU Even in the world of Christians, friendship can sometimes be a daunting idea. Growing up, I never really stayed in any one town long enough to develop friendships and by the time I got high school, I was a combination of painfully shy and tough girl. In other words, according to Jill, I was and often still am a “Here I am” girl, meaning, “Here I …
My Marriage Isn’t Perfect (no more perfect moms)
Hey mamas! So glad you’re back this week for No More Perfect Moms! Today we are on Chapter 5 and guess what its about ladies….MARRIAGE. Now some of you will smile when you see that word, while others cringe. Marriage to some is smooth sailing, while for others, its a boxing match. Mine, tends to be somewhere in the middle and while I enjoy smooth sailing I’m also thankful for the boxing moments. When Chris and I hit a rough patch, it grows us. We learn something new about each other while climbing over a mountain (if not two or three). Several …
I’m NOT like you
I change the sheets once a week, my mom doesn’t. Mom worked as a nurse, I stay home. I go to a Pentecostal church, my mom doesn’t. I feed my kids preservative free foods, my mom likes fast food. My 3 kids are hyper, ADHD, strong willed and one has apsergers. My mom had 6 kids and only one with special needs. My kids make mistakes and test the limits often…..not going to mention how I was as a kid. When my kids are crabby or have an attitude, I use the “fun or no fun” rule, my mom sent us to our rooms. …
The Antidote: No More Perfect Moms Study, Chapter 2
Michelle Duggar…. The woman with 19 kids has been called out on the red carpet in the name of sanity, birth control, child neglect and more. Michelle rarely addresses the accusations and comparisons. Instead, she does what she knows best. She plants herself, firmly rooted in God and raises her kids….all 19 of them. You may be asking, what does Michelle have to do with me or this study? I came here to feel encouraged about being a not so perfect mom and then you have to bring up Michelle, really? Work with me here, little mama. Tell me, what thoughts flashed through …
No More Perfect Moms
Are you ready for the study? I am. This week we begin with chatting about this “Perfection Infection.” Jill writes, Let’s get honest. All moms struggle. We fall short of our own standard of excellence, which causes us to feel insecure about being the perfect woman with the perfects kids, perfect husband, perfect home, perfect friends, perfect marriage and perfect body….This perfection infection attacks when we compare our insides to others’ outsides.” So here is a question for you. Where do you feel the most inadequate as a mom, woman, wife? Why? As I look back to when I first became a mother, I remember wanting to be to do it “right.” I wanted to …
No More Perfect Moms Online Study
Do you have the Perfection Infection? Maybe you have it and don’t even realized you’re infected. Let’s go through the check list of questions shall we? My house needs to be clean at all times. My children should be well behaved in public, in the van, and at home. I need to lose at least 10 pounds. My marriage doesn’t compare to Bard and Angelina. If I could just get my kids to behave the way my neighbor does….. If you answered yes to one or all of these questions, chances are you have a case of it. But that’s …