Showing Up
My life is anything but perfect. It's messy and filled with all sorts of imperfections, but I show up every day, enjoying the beauty that is the journey of my life.
I always want to keep it real with my readers. My life, my husband's life, and our son's life are far from perfect. But one thing is for certain: With God in our lives, we are perfect for one another.
God gave us Tim because He knew we would be the right parents for him, but that doesn't mean we were perfect parents. If that makes any sense! We make mistakes just like all parents do.
The same goes for our marriage. God knew we were perfect for one another. Where one of us is weak, the other is strong. We have made tons of mistakes along the way, but our commitment to one another has always been just that—a commitment. One in which we don't give up on each other and continue to love one another, imperfections and all.
All I have to do is show up and enjoy the messy, imperfect, and beautiful journey of my life.
Showing up. That's what matters.
Showing up whether you feel like it or not.
Showing up no matter how hard the situation is and being willing to do the hard stuff.
A great, perfect life isn't promised to anyone.
I remember a time growing up when I thought so many of the families I looked up to had it all together. But in retrospect, they didn't. They were simply showing up and enjoying the messy, imperfect, and beautiful journey of their lives. It looked perfect from the outside looking in, but perhaps it only looked that way because they had learned to enjoy their lives, mess and all.
Most people only ever saw the mess that was my life and how difficult my home situation was because of my alcoholic father and my enabling mom. What they didn't see was that my mom was enabling him because she was trying to keep us kids safe and out of harm's way. She took the brunt of everything because she didn't want him turning on us.
Regardless, when people looked at my life from the outside, all they saw was a mess.
God, however, changed everything when He became everything to me.
Do I still mess up? Yep! I mess up a ton. But God!
I'm so thankful that He forgives me as I navigate this messy life. Because of Him, I can enjoy the journey and see the beauty in it, even when things aren't perfect.
Life doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful. Sometimes, all we have to do is show up, trust God, and enjoy the journey.
