Thursday, September 6, 2012

Confessions of a Dysfunctional Mother


I never claimed to be a perfect mom. 

Here are some of my mommy-confessions (some old ones too):
  • I never read to my toddlers.  Good mommies read to their babies, right?  Well, I fell asleep by page 3 - literally snoring on the playroom floor.  Three-year old crying, “Read Momma.”
  • I forgot about the kindergarten Halloween Parade.   That child walking the parade without a costume?  He was mine.
  • I taught the kids how to make prank calls.  Didn’t I read somewhere that prank calling helps children develop phone skills, reaction time and bi-lingual abilities?
  • My kids are late for school, again.   I pretend I don’t know what time it is, as I share a warm blueberry muffin with my teens in the local coffee shop.  I *know* – I’m horrible!
  • I taught the kids to forge my signature.  Have you seen the amount of paperwork that comes home in backpacks these days?  Now I don’t have to sign anything.  Hey… has anyone seen my checkbook?
I guess I can admit I’m not even trying to be perfect.  BUT, what I AM trying to do is raise some amazing, kind, intelligent, strong children.  Being myself seems to be working for now. 

My idea of a perfect Mom is one that’s not perfect at all.  My kids may disagree with me.  “Go get me a muffin, brats!”
What’s your confession?
Thanks for stopping by.
Please support me with your honesty.
Buffi

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18 comments:

  1. Actually being yourself probably does work pretty well. I've never actually met a perfect mother...if you ever hear of one let us all know so we can all go gaze with wonder.

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    1. Hey Elle - thanks for stopping by. It's so true, I've never met a perfect mother either, but a few that think they are :-)
      -Buffi
      My Wonderfully Dysfunctional Blog

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  2. Love it! Thanks for visiting Mom is the Only Girl the other day and for this light-hearted (true?) approach to raising kiddos! I love smiling like this in the morning!

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  3. Love the Pic..Love your sense of humor..and I love being a perfectly unperfect(sp?) mother.

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    1. Hey... you're the only perfect mother I know!
      - Sister ;-)

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  4. Really cute picture. I have made way to many mistakes to name just one.

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  5. Hey, I"m proud of you! This is better than being a helicopter mom. ANd guess what. I mess up too. I don't always feed my babes ORGANIC! sometimes I let them eat whatever they want because I'm tired and can't stand a hungry whining child:) love ya.

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  6. Hi I am a new follower and would love if you would follow back at http://craftyhousemom.blogspot.com

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    1. Hey Elisia - stopped by your blog and now I have to go get those orea cookies - you know as an experiment to see how they taste ;-)
      -Buffi
      My Wonderfully Dysfunctional Blog

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  7. Lamb stew! My favorite! Yum! I was as far from being the perfect mother as one can get, but I have managed to raise a few amazing kids. I DID stay up all night sewing a cinnamon bear costume, and all the neighborhood kids always showed up at my door on Halloween afternoon to be made up out of my bag of theatrical make-up and fake beards.

    I am excited about finally buying your book on the 21st. We've been waiting a LONG TIME!

    Let me hear from you!!

    xoxo,
    Judie

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    1. Hey Judie -
      OK... I had to look this one up:
      "Lamb stew: expression to stew in one's own juices"
      How dumb am I??? Now I'm going to be using that expression all day - love it!
      Thanks for always being supportive. Hope all is well with you TOO! Headed over to your blog for some reading.
      -Buffi
      My Wonderfully Dysfunctional Blog

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  8. Hello! Just a new follower all the way from Greece. Loved your post! It is so true. Loved all of your blog! There's no such thing as a perfect mother. The goal is to be a good mother and that's different from being perfect. Well, I think most of the times I'm a perfect bitchy mother and it's not my fault, they provoke me!!!

    P.S. Check out my blog when you have a chance!

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  9. You always make me laugh. My kids will tell you they had a crazy mom. I am lucky they grew up to be fairly well adjusted adults. All any children ever really want is love.

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  10. I love your honesty!!! Guaranteed that your kids grow up to be the type of people others wanna be like!! I'll take your kids over "perfect mom's kids" any day of the week ;-)

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  11. Very beautiful and honest thoughts. Although I am not a mother,yet I feel that we are all unique and we should not be ashamed of our uniqueness.
    have a nice day !

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  12. Loved this! My confession ...today we saw a dead cat on the road and I told her he was just resting his eys and playing dead from the mean dog across the street. I let her play in bath as long as she wants so I can get a break sitting on the sink with my laptop.

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  13. Love your confessions Buffi. Your kids seem like perfect little people though, so you are doing something right. Everytime I think I'm a bad Mom,one of my kids tell me how great I am. Maybe they're just taking pitty on me.

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