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I've stumbled across the idea of morning affirmations lately. Affirmations are positive thoughts that you speak to yourself. I think the goal is that if you say affirmations enough you will eventually believe  them into being reality. So, here are some morning affirmations for your average, kind of a hot mess mom. I enjoy being a morning person. I am a patient mom who does not yell. I am happy and content with the state of my house. My children will eat what I put in front of them. I will be the kind of mom who folds laundry and puts it away. In the same day. My awesomeness as a mother has nothing to do with the abilities or instagram feed of other mothers. I believe in my ability to not swear when I step on LEGO bricks. I will choose being present over being on my phone. I am a tidy and efficient housekeeper. When I want to flip out, I will choose kindness. I acknowledge my imperfections and I will give myself grace. I believe that I'm a good mom.

"I will tell everyone about your righteousness. All day long I will proclaim your saving power, though I am not skilled with words." Psalm 71:15 NLT I used to love to write and blog. I've lost that and I miss it. I'm realizing it isn't a talent, so to speak, that I was born with, but more a skill that I honed over the years. I started blogging probably in 2001-ish in an Open Diary and moved on to LiveJournal before starting this blog in the summer of 2004. I had a few other Blogger blogs: a secret one and a poetry/photography one. I wish I could still find those and read them. Probably not share them though. ;) Anyway. The whole point is that I just wrote my thoughts for a long time. Wrote them to an audience. And even though I didn't know it, I was honing my skills. In recent years, I've been honing my skills differently: how to write the best 140 word caption. I've become a better photographer, thats for sure! And while I don't se