Authentically Transparent..

(this is not my home..just the most perfect picture I could find to capture my point..hmmm, what does it mean that I couldn't find a picture of my home that captured a vision of neat perfection? lol)

I used to be in awe of and so impressed by woman who seemed to be able to balance life ever so perfectly...flawlessly.  It amazed me and inspired me to try and reach that level of perfection.  Meals perfectly orchestrated....the house put together and looking fantastic at any given moment....the children...dressed to perfection in their unstained, never soiled attire......lol  Yeah...what planet am I on is right!!!  I heard your little voices chiming in right about there!  These were my naive younger days.  Remember those?  You might be living them right now!  Well let me tell you girlfriend...don't be fooled! =)

Did ya ever look around your house in a moment of utter chaos and say...'If they could only see me now'!
By 'they' I mean.....other woman..moms...blog friends....

The day you answer yourself by saying...'See me now?  Their dealing with their own level of chaos too right now!'........will be your day of liberation!  Because it's true!  There's no such thing as that perfectly balanced life...or the perfectly orchestrated meal........and don't even get me started on the kids dressed to perfection ya'll!  Did I just say ya'll??? lol....I'm a northerner...but sometimes ya just gotta say ya'll!

Anyway...now that I am older and wiser.....I am impressed by SUCH different things!!!  I love the woman who will lay it all out for you.....her trails and tribulations in a nut shell.  The fact that she burned the dinner last night and almost caused a four alarm fire.  How on their last vacation to the 'beautiful' hotel where they were staying they had some unexpected guests (in the form of cockroaches)......how her dog has an endless battle with going potty outside..and recently pee'd on a neighbors shoe.  Real life.  No fiction here....please.

I saw a blog the other day and the woman took a before and after picture.  This wasn't about decorating....this was before...when her home was all clean and nice(with no one home)...and after(everyone home..in the thick of it living life)  Pizza boxes on the counter...toys on the floor....you know what I'm saying.

Now....with all that said..I have to tell you...I'm not a neat 'freak'....but I'm a 'place for everything...everything in its place' kinda person.   But this doesnt mean all the time...and most days most things don't make it back to their place (not exactly my doing...but thats another blog..for another day..lol)....but life is life...and it must be lived....and all the imperfections and detours are what make it interesting...sometimes  chaotic...but interesting to say the least.

So cherish the woman who is authentically transparent.  You'll know her when you see her....hair a little frazzled....kids running a muck...mini van with crayon smooched to the seats.  Give her a hug....cause she's the real hero!!! =)