{Sometimes Life Isn't Always Rainbows and Sunshine}

But it's still beautiful.


This picture right here is one of my favorites.  That emotion.  That tear.  {That grain.}  Happiness isn't the only beautiful emotion.  Sadness and pain can be beautiful too.  Any human emotion portrayed and captured by a lens is beautiful to me.

{Yes I'm keeping it real. And yes, I take pictures of my kids when they are upset. But only if the camera is already out. I wouldn't ignore their pain and go grab the camera but I think it's important to document the good with the bad. Get over it.  Although, I will tell you a bit of a back story as to not get web-lynched.  He was being a pill.  Completely fresh.  And he was in trouble.  In fact, he was supposed to be in time out.  I was sitting at my computer facing the living room taking pics of the girls when he came running out.  He fell and bumped his knee.  {Snap}  I calmly reminded him that if he was listening he wouldn't have gotten hurt to begin with.  That's when he got mad at me and snuck behind the chair.  {Snap}  He got a big hug and was sent back to time out.}

There's a real epidemic going around on the Internet of people posting only the good in their lives. God forbid someone find out that you and your spouse fight. God forbid the other soccer moms find out that your kids aren't perfect angels at all times.



I call this crap. If you're constantly only putting the good of your life out there and painting the "perfect" picture of your life? Well, that's a lot to live up to. And a lot of self inflicted stress. Life isn't perfect. Embrace the bad with the good. Don't set unreasonable goals to it. Life is unreasonable enough.

If you're having a bad day, share. If you're super bitchy and PMSy and want all the chocolate now, share. If you want to absolutely lock yourself in the bathroom just to get away from your kids for 2.5 seconds, share. If you had a fanfreakin' tastic day, share. If your spouse surprised you with a date night, share.

Share the good and the bad.

There are days that I log onto Facebook or go through my blog roll when I just feel not good enough in a sense.  I'm not perfect.  But when I click through blog after blog of beautiful {tidy} homes and smiling {sparkly clean} children, it's hard to want to share if your life isn't just as perfect. 

But Angela, we want to show off our pretty houses and children.  Yes.  I know.  And I want to see them.  Just not ALL THE TIME.  There has to be a day that you just don't want to do it all.  A day that the laundry sits for a week a little too long in the basket and everyone is wrinkly.  Don't be afraid to post those pictures.  There must be a day when someone pissed you off or made you sad.  Don't be afraid to share those stories.  There must be a year and half that you're taking pictures in your living room and the curtain that one of the kids cut is still hanging all messy and gross.  Don't be afraid to post those pictures. 

Ok, that last one was for me.  And I do post those pictures.  I'm not afraid.  I should however, just fix the curtain.  I know. 
Sometimes life isn't always rainbows and sunshine. But it's still beautiful.