Perfect Thoughts - From Another Blog

A friend of mine on Facebook shared this link to a blog called Single Dad Laughing, the post being, Disease Called Perfection.

I read it. I cried. I related. I commented.

Is there truly anyone out there that does not fall prey to this 'disease'? Can anyone of us truly say that they are 100% REAL, 100% of the time?

I know for me, I try to be honest and real. The problem is it is at different levels for different people in my life. You would think that family would be the ones I could be more real with, more honest with but in reality, that is the farthest from the truth. I seek validation from my parents still to do this day which is really sad as I am approaching 40. I still long to hear that they are proud of me, that they respect my decisions and that they don't judge me. Time to rethink this.

I am proud of who I am, imperfections and all. If it wasn't for a few mistakes (OK, a lot) I wouldn't be who I am today. I have three beautiful children, who yes are crazy, but they are healthy and happy along with that. I have a wonderful husband, who drives me crazy as well. He is wonderful, not perfect though, trust me.

The only person that I need worry about when it comes to my decisions is myself and The Husband. We need to respect one another in all aspects of our relationship and life together, and any decision is ours to make and to live with. It really shouldn't matter what anyone else thinks.

One of the biggest issues I have is judgement. I judge others, just like they judge me. I worry about how others judge my parenting, my housekeeping skills, my life. I find I get trapped in this as well. I see something that a parent does that I don't agree with and immediately judge them in my head. This is not fair to anyone as rarely does anyone know the whole story behind someone elses actions or decisions.

I need a new perspective. I need to change how I think and my actions first and foremost and not worry about others.

I have a PERFECT life. It is the life I wanted. It has flaws, it has challenges, but it is still PERFECT for me.

Infectious Baby Giggles

Crazy 3 is now just over 11 months and man do I love to hear him giggle.

I can get him to laugh at almost anything that I do, I am the most hilarious person in the world to him and I LOVE IT!!!!

Every time I do something that starts to make him giggle uncontrollably, Crazy 1 or Crazy 2 start to imitate me and that just makes Crazy 3 laugh even harder. It's great because in the end, we all end up having a great big GIGGLEFEST!

As much as I love to hear the older two crazies laugh and play around, it is baby giggles that I find the most infectious.