Real-life Motherhood Moments, #1 - THE AWKWARD MOM

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Real-life Motherhood Moments, #1

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…Because there’s just too much real life not to share.

Second son: Mom, I think I need your help. I have a mosquito bite on my beauteous maximus.

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Third son: It’s my turn for the Spiderman costume!

Daughter: O-kay. [sighs] But this time you have to wear underwear!

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Mother and son, after checking in at U.S. airport to return to developing nation in Africa. Son has found U.S., family members with years of spoiling to catch up on, etc. to be like two months of straight Chuck E. Cheese, and longingly speaks of spending even more delicious time there. Mother finds herself a little exhausted with this rather repetitive string of dialogue.

Myself: What are you going to do, buddy? Just lay down on the tarmac?

Son [slowly, wistfully]: Yeah. And when the plan runs over me they’ll just say [eyes brighten here]…there goes another STEALTH MASTER.

Feel free to add your own real-life moments in the comments section! You might also enjoy 25 Ways it is Okay to Fail as a Mom.

About author

Janel Breitenstein is the author of Permanent Markers: Spiritual Life Skills to Write on Your Kids’ Hearts (Harvest House, 2021), plus a few more in the pipeline—including IRL Parent Prayers (Andrews McMeel) and The Cool Mom: Putting Anger on Ice When Life Boils Over (Kregel). Her work can be found on Christianity Today, Focus on the Family, and FamilyLife. She graduated summa cum laude from John Brown University and began her career with NavPress, where she worked on The Message Bible. She then moved to FamilyLife Publishing. In January of 2012, Janel and her husband packed up their family of six and moved to Uganda to serve with Engineering Ministries International (eMi), an organization focusing on poverty relief and development, providing structural design and construction management for Christian organizations in the third world. After five and a half years there in East Africa, she and her family returned to the U.S., where they continue to work on behalf of the poor. She speaks, writes, and loves on her family from Colorado. Her fresh, authentic, intimate style connects with readers around the globe. You can find her—“The Awkward Mom”—having uncomfortable, important conversations at JanelBreitenstein.com.

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I'm totally #thatmom--the one diving into all the weirdness with my kids, sidestepping a few eyerolls.

Pull up a chair for practical ideas and discussions on the parenting, relationships, and spirituality we're all army-crawling through every day.

After five and a half years in Uganda, my family and I returned to the U.S., where I write and speak professionally, and we continue to work on behalf of the poor.

My first solo book, Permanent Markers: Spiritual Life Skills to Write on Your Kids' Hearts (Harvest House), released October 2021.