Not What You’d Expect

I recently shared this post on my social media just to let others know that I’m not what you’d expect when you ask who I am. 

Imagine I tell you I am a Jesus-loving homeschool mom and you think I’m an oppressed want-to-be Tradwife stuck in my kitchen while my kids read classic literature and are sheltered all day listening to classical music. Meanwhile, if you stop by today… I’m living for staying home, cooking Thanksgiving dinner in my Dolly t-shirt. While my daughter practices her tattoo skills and we are bumping our Playlist from Forest Frank,  KB, The Judds, and Usher.  All while teaching my kids to cook like my southern mamaws and how to dance the Tootsie Roll at the same time.

Happy Wednesday

Jason Wurzelbacher thanks for all you put up with

I shared it because I feel like thanks to social media and our culture, we are quickly put into one box or another because of our beliefs, the choices we make, and the values we hold. We are quick to judge others who do anything differently than we do. Then we form opinions about them on the little we may know about them. Especially when it comes to parenting and how we raise our families. 

I’ve always been careful when sharing anything about my life that I am honest, realistic, and not worrying about what others think. I’ve also talked about over and over again the way social media creates so many false narratives, as people are afraid to share their reality. Instead, they try to curate this perfect narrative of their life and make it look like everyone else expects them to. Enter every social media mom influencer with the exact same style, hair extensions, decor, you name it. Sharing only our best moments, our highlight reels, sets an unrealistic standard for us, those around us, and for the generations to come. 

I never want my kids to think I am a perfect mom and that I never struggle or that I want to be like everyone else. I don’t even want that kind of power even if it was a real thing. Giving the impression that I have it all together and everything is happy and perfect all the time makes it seem like I don’t help. Like I’m all good. Like I have all the answers. Like I don’t need a savior. I never want that to be an impression I leave for anyone but especially not my own kids. I am a broken hot mess and I need saving, I need grace, I need wisdom, I need mercy, every single day, every single moment. I need Jesus and I want everyone to know that. 

I also want our sons and our daughter to know that if their family decides to be different than those around them because they feel like that’s what God is calling them to do, they have the strength and ability to do so. I want them to know if that means that they focus less on a successful career and more on a deep faith in the Lord that they are making the right decision. I want them to know that if they trade financial wealth for more time together as a family, they are making the right decision. I want them to know if that means that they are simply doing things differently, they are probably doing it right. 

I’m so thankful that God has instilled confidence in me and in Jason that has allowed us to do things differently. I am so glad that we are not what you’d expect as a family of six that loves Jesus. Stick around to get to know us even more and hopefully, we can inspire you to do things differently.