Encouragement for Moms

Nicole Johnson's The Invisible Woman.

My friend, Julie, sent this to me; and I wish I could personally send it to every mom I know. This is 5 minutes that will keep you going for a lifetime! 

Picture Perfect

Last week our family made a trip to the beach, and it was really, really great together time. But in the words of the infinitely wise rock-band, Poison,"every rose has it's thorn"...oh, so true, Poison. And our thorn for the week was taking that elusive, perfect photo of our two precious angels in sweet serenity by the ocean side. I will never know how other people capture that perfect Kodak moment for their Christmas cards each year; but if you are on our Christmas list, you'll never have to worry about a sickeningly perfect photo of our children coming your way. You're safe with us. It will never happen. Here's some documentation of the wreckage:

At this point, I gave up & realized that perfection is SO overrated...how boring is being perfect?! I hope we can send out an outrageously, crazy-fun photo on our Christmas cards this year...something that will really make you chuckle, instead of gag. In the end, we did get this pretty nice (though fuzzy) shot of our little angels...God bless their spunk!