To the Mom Who Is Limping Toward the Finish Line, Battered and Stitched Together

I clean the entire house, then see the streaks on the windows…

I plan, shop, and cook the meal, but forget about the French bread until I smell the charred loaf…

I work out and count calories but the skinny jeans I splurged on pre-4th baby still won’t go on past my knees…

I give up diet Dr. pepper, but I still don’t drink enough water…

I buy gummy bears when they asked for gummy worms…

I make time to spend with each child, but in doing so neglect my husband and my own basic needs…

It can feel like an unreachable goal, to please everyone. And I am a pleaser, so this is hard. One day while scrolling through Pinterest reading colorful posts that promise 10 days to flat abs and “Best Ever Roasted Chicken!” my eyes stopped on a quote by Augusten Burroughs:


Stacey Todd
Stacey Todd
Stacey Todd is wife to Dean, mom to four and lives on a ranch in West Texas.  Stacey loves to encourage moms to rest in Jesus with her blog  www.shesatdown.org You can find Stacey on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/shesatdown/ and on Twitter @shesatdownorg. Or listen to her grace/freedom podcast at www.theeasywife.com

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