Stop Pretending and Start Living

Motherhood. The great world of pretenders. You want Golden Globes and Academy Awards - ask us overachieving mothers. The ones who try to do it all, make it all, and fix it all. Because that's what mothers do isn't it? We pretend. We hide. Or we fall apart; I don't know very many in between moms. And I'm one of those great pretenders. Or I use to be.

I walked into 2017 with one resolution. To stop pretending. To stop looking like I had everything together. To fall apart more publicly and create space in my life for imperfection. To genuinely stop chasing this "high" of having it all together. Because this is me over here trying to show you how great I am. It's really about control - isn't everything? But before I acknowledge that; let me humbly share my home-made gluten free vegan muffin recipe that I make each night; or pictures of my home in which I'm organized and have "Konmari-ed" the shit out of every drawer. There's nothing wrong with any of those things; it's the motive behind it. What's driving us? Who sent us all this stupid memo with these expectations that slowing down is the "devil's handiwork" and that upping one another on how much we are doing is the new conversation piece at playgroup.

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