My Life is Not a Pinterest Page

Oct 14

I think it is human nature to try to shine the most positive light on our lives. With social media that need goes on steroids. So often I share the pictures of smiling kids at fun places while I have deleted 50 of them pouting. And that doesn't touch the moments when they wouldn't even get in the picture because they were having a fit.

I am starting to accept my life where it is, how it is, as it is. And it is not Pinterest worthy. If this is my Universe, I need to share the darker days, as well as the sunny ones.

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So here goes:I do not cook from scratch. I would like to (at least in theory) but I don't. There is no pinnable image of most of my dinners.I usually have dishes in the sink. And papers across my coffee table and laundry dries on my stair railing. You certainly are not going to see that on my Pinterest page.

We are currently going through a lot of struggles. Years of military life have taken a toll. My husband has just retired and we are all trying to reconnect. I won't be starting a military retirement board.

My daughter is struggling with school and we are having her tested for learning disabilities. She cries everyday that she "hates school" and begs to stay home. There's no colorful pic for that.

I still have chronic health issues. I won't be pinning photos of me lying on the couch unable to move due to fatigue. These won't be on my Pinterest page but they are part of my life.

And as a part of my life, they need to be here. I am not going to hide behind perfect looking pictures. Pin-able or not, this is my life; as it is, how it is, where it is.

How does your life compare to your Pinterest page? Do you hide behind pictures or do you share the reality?