The Good, The Bad, and The Status Update
Posted on June 17, 2013 in Uncategorized
<a href=”http://www.relevantmagazine.com/culture/tech/stop-instagramming-your-perfect-life” target=”_blank”>This article </a>by Shauna Niequist is an absolute must read! Shauna is certainly singing my tune. I know my own reaction to social media is often based largely on what side of the bed I got up on. If I am in a good mood, I quickly celebrate the wonderful successes of others. If I’m not, I wonder what in the world is wrong with the Gibbs family??!!
<em><strong>“My life looks better on the Internet than it does in real life. Everyone’s life looks better on the internet than it does in real life. The Internet is partial truths—we get to decide what people see and what they d</strong><strong>on’t.”</strong></em><strong> Shauna Niequist</strong>
One of those real life moments that I lived in public was several year ago when Jake and Madison were little. Madi was a baby and Jake was about 3 years old and had the stomach bug. I had taken him to the doctor and we were headed home when he yelled from the back seat, “Mom, I’m not going to make it!” Sure enough he didn’t ! It was everywhere…all over the car, all over him and all over poor Madi! I cleaned them up the best I good and headed for the house at break neck speed. We were only a few blocks from the house when he yelled, “Oh no! Here it comes again!” I thought there was no way that little tummy could have one more thing in it and we were almost home! “Okay, son, I will roll down the window and if you are going to get sick, just stick your head out the window.” And I drove even faster…
You guessed it, that little guy stuck his head out the window and it was like Mount Vesuvius revisited! The car was covered and so were the 3 vehicles following us. When we got home, I stripped them naked and sprayed them off with the water hose in the front yard. I still have visions of them watching me through the screen door in tears while I sprayed their car seats down. We were a sight for all of the neighbors to see. I didn’t win the mother of the year award that day, and not one picture made my Facebook page. But maybe it should have…because that was a mom moment. A moment when I did what had to be done the best way I knew how. That’s what mom’s do, we play the hand we’re dealt.
No one’s life is perfect. We all have laundry, sick children, unruly pets and check lists a mile long. We all lose people we love, celebrate weddings and enjoy sunsets. <strong>Life is so short and our moments so precious</strong>. <strong> Let’s all make a commitment to focus on the things in our lives that have true meaning and value. </strong> At the end of a long day, it really doesn’t matter what Angelina wore to the awards ceremony or what my neighbor is having for dinner. I want to be more interested in what Madi will wear to her choir concert and enjoying a long talk with my family lingering over dessert.
Click <a href=”http://www.relevantmagazine.com/culture/tech/stop-instagramming-your-perfect-life” target=”_blank”>HERE</a> to read all of Shauna Niequist’s article.
