{No More Perfect Moms} Remembering my worth and then laughing

Two fellow moms from Jill Savage's "No More Perfect Moms" launch team took me up on my invitation to swap posts sharing how we embrace imperfection. You've heard Wani's story earlier this week. Elly will share hers later this week. 

Continuing the "No More Perfect Moms" hype, I have stories on both their blogs today.
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... While observing this and trying not to think about how I just didn’t feel great, I said to my husband, “This house will never been clean again.”
Without hesitation, he said, “That’s alright.”

Then I realized he didn’t reassure me cleanliness and organization that meet my often-too-high standards would happen. But he did reassure me that my worth as a wife and mom wasn’t found in my housekeeping habits.

The crumbs will get swept. The piles will be organized and given and stored. Our heater is fixed and those dishes have been unloaded so others could be loaded. The laundry is a never-ending cycle, but, hey, I love these people who need to be clothed. ...

Go read the rest at Wani's World. 
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For five years, eight months and 23 days my daughter has misunderstood her middle name. 

We named her on our 4 ½-hour drive home the day we met her birth mom. God affirmed our adoption plan and relationship with her birth mom through so many details, including her name. Catherine Anna. Catherine for my mom and Anna for my husband’s grandma. Turns out Catherine is her birth mom’s middle name and Anna resembles part of her first name.

We call her Cate. But we often say “Catherine Anna” in both endearing and attention-getting tones. Plus she knows her initials spell C.A.T. I always attributed her liking of cats – other people’s and fictional ones because we don’t do pets, especially ones that make Momma and Daddy sneeze, here  in this house – to her initials.

So when she came home from kindergarten with her name written incorrectly, I couldn’t stop laughing. ...

Finish this story at The Unquiet Life. {Elly also has a giveaway going on that will land "No More Perfect Moms" in someone's hands!}

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