I am not mother of the year

1. Someone said something to me recently that I just didn't like. It didn't sit well with me then and honestly its still stuck in my craw. She told me that I am mother of the year and put other mothers to shame. Truth be told, she's my therapist so she's seen my inner workings and uglies. She gets a weekly dose of my weaknesses but in her compliment she completely diminished herself in comparison. She is a beautiful mom of 6 impactful and resilient children, she has weathered some wicked marriage storms. Professionally speaking, she has more accomplishments, accolades and letters behind her name then I could ever dream of.

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3. I have zero desire to be the meter stick of anyone else. Make no mistake I am broken, weak and flawed. I have no aspirations to be anyone's beacon of light. And I definitely don't want to make anyone feel inferior or ashamed of their reality compared to mine. My reality is hardly noteworthy. My marriage is far from perfect. My excitement for today was not having to leave the house, thereby not needing proper attire or hair product. My big accomplishment was waiting until 11:43am to give into my son's incessant request for chips and getting through 2 math lessons with my daughter, mostly unscathed. My house is a perpetual disaster and I'll probably sleep with the laundry tonight.

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5. Being a woman is hard. Being a mom is hard. Being a Christian is hard. Being on mission is hard. Being a Christian, mama and pilot wife is stupidly hard sometimes. The microscope of comparison doesn't make it any easier. You are the girl for the job for which you have been called. Not in a "you got this Mama" kinda way. But because He has called you. He has equipped you. He supports and watches over you. He made your intricacies to be equal to the task He has set before you. Don't doubt that for a second. His track record is perfect and He doesn't make mistakes.