Introductions

Hello.  My name is Melissa Thompson.  I am a 33 year old wife and mom of three beautiful children.  I also have two part time jobs.  I am also a Christian.  I have a four year old daughter named Jamie, a two year old daughter named Jessica and a three month old son named Jonathan.  We live in an old farm house that sits on six acres outside of Louisville, Kentucky.  We bought the house as a fixer-upper, and have been working on it for the last three-and-a-half years.  So, in essence, we have 4 children, because the house demands at least as much attention and money as my other children.

I decided to start this blog because I believe there are some serious misconceptions among moms these days.  As a mom, I try to do everything I think needs to be done for the health, safety, and well being of my children.  But it seems that these days, the list of "things that need to be done" are constant and overwhelming.  Keep the house clean at all times.  Homeschool your children so they become geniuses.  Grow all your own food in your own garden and make/can/freeze EVERYTHING from scratch.  Use cloth diapers.  That you sew yourself.  From fabric you've woven yourself from thread you've spun yourself from fiber you've harvested yourself from sheep you've raised in your back yard.  Never.  Ever.  Ever.  Let. Your. Child. Watch. TV.  Never loose your temper.  Spout Bible verses in every other sentence so your child becomes a saint.  The list goes on.

Why do we feel the need to tackle this constantly growing, impossible list of things that "must" be done?  Because of facebook, pinterest, twitter, etc.  We see other moms doing these things and, call it competition, call it keeping up with the pinterest mom, call it whatever you want, we feel we must also do them.  And in the running of this crazy race, we have become exhausted.  And now we feel like failures.

What is the best way to debunk these feelings of failure?  By being "real" with one another.  We need to realize our friends are not the super moms we've made them out to be.  We need to introduce some reality into the web to combat all the lies out there.  Let's share and celebrate our weaknesses.  2 Corinthians 11:30 says "If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness."

I started this blog so we can share the realities of motherhood.  My idea was that I would post a "realism" and anyone who wants to share in that reality can comment.  Let's tear down those unrealistic expectations and in the process create a community of Real Moms who have found value and self-worth in the reality of who they are, not in the shadow of who they aren't.