NO MORE PERFECT MOMS Giveaway

If you are a perfect mom, you can stop reading this right now.

The rest of us who deal with forgetting children’s’ appointments (or forgetting actual children!), or are not gourmet chefs, flawless friends, fabulous decorators, or supermodels can wipe the breakfast crumbs off our sweatshirts and keep reading!

My good friend Jill Savage just released a wonderful book called NO MORE PERFECT MOMS.

Jill is imperfect. It is what I love about her.

She founded and runs an organization for moms called Hearts at Home so people might expect her to be very perfect.

She, instead, expects herself to be very real. And she is.

Our 18-year friendship started with a phone call (during which my water burst for our second child!).

It has continued since and has included our honest sharing about messy homes, messy marriages, wayward kids and imperfect mothering decisions—-from both of us.

Her desire in this book is to help mothers everywhere shelve their desires for perfection along with their insecurities of not measuring up to other moms.

No More Perfect Moms will help you…

  • Change your unrealistic expectations to realistic expectations in order to better manage everyday challenges.
  • Give grace and love to your husband and children even in difficult family life circumstances.
  • Increase your confidence when you resist the urge to compare your insides to other women’s outsides.
  • Discover the beauty of grace when you stop judging yourself and stop judging others.
  • Find freedom from disappointment when you embrace your real family, your real challenges, and your real, but imperfect, life.

Now, here’s the really cool thing.

Pick up a copy of  No More Perfect Moms anytime this week between February 3-9 (online or at a store…and yes, electronic versions such as Kindle and Nook count too!)

Send a copy of your receipt to[email protected]. Scan it, take a picture of it – just be sure to send it to the email! You’ll then be given access to well over $100 worth of resources that will help you on your mothering journey – absolutely free!

To see the cool freebies (including Mp3s, printables and ebooks) click here.

And, to enter to win a free copy here, signed by Jill, simply leave a comment telling us in what area of mothering or life you are not perfect but struggle with insecurity and measuring up.

I’ll go first……looks.

Looks. LOOKS. Always looks. Since 1975…..looks.

You?

124 Comments

  1. I struggle with wisdom in speaking to my children. I’m worried that I will say too much, and sound like I’m an overprotective mom. I’m worried that I will say too little and show that I don’t care enough. James calls us to ask for wisdom. God freely gives!

  2. Insecure…that’s me! I am almost 6 ft tall big boned, and even as an adult I want to cry sometimes. I feel like an Amazon. : (. Not to mention, my spouse uses my insecurities against me. I am so much stronger than I used to be, but he can still make me cry!

  3. Feeding my kids. I constantly compare myself to others and how their all-organic, gourmet meals make my healthy but simple meals look “bad”. I always feel like I could be doing more to get my kids to eat fruits and vegetables and to have my kids enjoy the latest in super foods. I love the idea behind this book! Being a mom is tough, no matter what. Add comparing ourselves to others and expecting unrealistic things and it becomes downright impossible!

  4. Since it seems I struggle in every area, I’ll sum it up to say that i struggle with wanting to be perfect. I know that there are areas that are weak for me (like putting together dinner on time unless it’s a one-pot meal that I started first thing in the morning). But there are other areas that I begin to take pride in doing well – such as managing the checkbook or performing at work. And as soon as I let that pride puff me up, BAM! I screw up. I forget to document in the check register or I send an important email to my boss but forget the attachment. I suppose it is God’s way of showing me the need to be humble.

  5. I struggle with what other people think of the kind of mom I am. I am not a perfect mom. But others have so many complimentary things about my parenting . I know that should make me feel good but instead I worry that they will find out I am less than perfect at it.

  6. Patience and joy are so hard for me. I can keep things organized, clean, functioning properly, but do I have God’s joy and patient with my children while doing it??

  7. In this season of empty nest, for me it has been hard to let go of my youngest son; and he’s 26!!! Both of my sons are men of strength, character, and virtue; I’m very proud to be their mother. However it still is hard to not want to step in and do some mothering when they are very successful and capable men.

  8. Both my children have health issues that require regular trips to Children’s Hospital for check ups with specialists and both face the treat of serious surgery. I struggle with how to lead them gently and strongly through this maze of emotions as they struggle with the emotions and their faith in God through this as the pray for healing (and we do too), and it has not come yet.

  9. My husband ad daughter are “free people.” I on the other hand-CONTROL FREAK! I struggle with just letting them be themselves and be happy. I swore I would never be militant like my parents, but I am deep down, just that. I want so much for my daughter. I want her to be so happy and free and know God and love God with all her might and sometimes I don’t feel I am leading her in that direction when I am constantly trying to control everything. I am not truly enjoying her and our relationship and in a short matter of time she is going to be gone and I dont want her memories of me to be “dictator.”

  10. Discipline. It totally stresses me out at a playgroup or something and it is MY child who is the one hitting, taking other people’s toys, and just being mean on purpose.

  11. Oh, could I use a copy of this book! I struggle with second guessing my words, actions, interactions, decisions with or for my children! UGH! I probably could say I struggle with comparing myself with other moms who seem like they’ve got it all together and their children are turning out perfectly! HA!

  12. I so struggle with keeping a clean & organized home!! I can’t seem to get that laundry actually washed, dried and IN THE DRAWERS to save my life!!

  13. Having always been a perfectionist, accepting my imperfection is something I battle with daily!!! As most single moms can attest, it’s difficult to handle it all by yourself: being the breadwinner, the housekeeper, the tailor, the referee, the chauffeur, the head chef, the tutor, the spiritual leader… Boy, does it get exhausting. I would love to read this book and learn how to accept myself as I am and celebrate my imperfections.

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