When children’s rooms are set up their way, they may not look Pinterest-worthy!
To help us all clear the clutter in our lives (physical AND mental), we thought we’d dig back in the archives and revisit this well-loved podcast.
We come into motherhood with ideals about how things are going to go – then we realize that some of those ideals just aren’t realistic or aren’t all that important.
What have you realized isn’t as important as it seemed to be at first? Have you let go of aspects of how your house and kids should look, what your kids should eat, that sort of thing?
These questions received lots of interesting and helpful responses from our Facebook community – and April and Saren add their own thoughts in this week’s Radio Show. (As you listen, you’ll gain great perspective and be glad to know you’re not the only one who has worried about silly things!)
Show Notes
Great Comments/Answers from our Facebook Community
I’m Okay With That – By Tiffany Sowby
I Dressed Myself – By Emily Allen
How Do You Feel Successful as a Mother? (Radio Show podcast)
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Music from Creations by Michael R. Hicks
Audio editing by Christy Elder
Oh the answer to this one is EVERYTHING! I expected one kid ended up with triplets (a girl and identical twin boys). The shocks came one after another. Imagined a cute nursery with cute little white cribs, eyelit curtains and cute decorations. Got an ICU war room with apnea monitors and large oxygen tanks. Ended up not using the cribs but ended up sleeping on floor next to kids because I had to get up every 2 hours to feed them and it was too much to get up to take them in and out of cribs. Survived the trials and tribulations of babyhood. Then it was school. Thought that since we were in a great school district and the kids were smart, sending the kids off to public school would be a time when I could finally get some rest. Nope. Ended up pulling them out in 7th grade to homeschool – school district couldn’t meet their needs. They are now in 10th grade. I’ve learned that motherhood is nothing like I ever could have imagined and that’s OK. I’ve got 3 beautiful, smart, teens who are growing up to be kind and generous young adults. I could have never imagined the path we have taken to get here. Next step is college, and grad school. And families of their own. At least that is what I’m imagining. But who knows. They’re good people and that is what matters. And it’s alright.