In the Interest of Honesty

I have been accused by some members of my own family that my blog gives an incorrect assessment of our family life. They have said my blog makes everything seem "perfect" at our house, when, in fact, it is not.

Well, of course it's not. And, why would I want to recount the negative things? Those are the things I wish to forget. I use this blog kind of like a scrapbook, posting about the things, sayings and pictures that I want to remember. Not all family life is worth remembering.

But, in case there are one or two of you out there that think this family "has it all together", let me give some examples that should put that incorrect thinking where it belongs- in the trashcan.

• Tonight at dinner, Benjamin was the only one of us that had a fork. I ate with a spoon, as did most everyone else. Some of us used serving forks. Why? No, we weren't having soup. We can't find any of our forks. That one fork is the only one in the house. And, in case you were thinking we haven't replenished our silverware lately, let me tell you that Paul gave me a beautiful set of silverware- for Christmas, less than a year ago. We can't keep forks in our house, with spoons and knives right behind.
• Glasses fare no better along with sippy cups. Our glasses either get broke or lost. I buy used glasses at the Salvation Army's half price table for .35cents each. I refuse to pay more for something that will not last.
• There are some days you cannot see the floor in the kids' bedroom for all the clothes. Now, there are 4 of them sharing a room and there are alot of clothes this time of year, but still, it does get out of control more often than I would care to admit.
• Most days I don't get dressed until noon. Some of my children follow in my footsteps, some don't. Since most mornings I don't go anywhere, getting dressed is not a top priority.
• We have a VERY LOUD house. Tonight, there were 2 boys screaming (in fun), laughing and 2 girls talking very loudly while someone else played the 'drums' with sticks on the counter.
• We don't always get along. Somedays it seems like this goes on all day. We don't always say nice things to each other, and we don't always use our "inside" voices when we don't get along.
• Sometimes the outside of our house looks like Sanford and Sons live here.

Is that enough? Do you get the picture that we are not the perfect family? Or, family members, should I include more, personal examples? I can you know and I can even include pictures, if you want to disclose everything for the world wide web to see and read.

We're not perfect and we certainly don't have it all together and I'm sorry if my blog leads you to think otherwise. We are a normal family, trying to all get along as we follow our leader as he follows his Leader, Jesus Christ.