A little something for myself.....

to remind me not to be jealous or be quick to judge....which I'm not gonna lie, it's easy to get jealous when looking at blogs that "seem to be" the perfect little family. This came from a book my sister is reading called, "5 Spiritual Solutions for Everyday Parenting Challenges." Gosh I think I will barrow it from her when she's done reading it. She says it's really good so far and I loved this when she read it to me and wanted to remember it and read it often.....
Avoiding Like a Plague the Tendency to Judge and Compare
As equally counterproductive with guilt and pride (and as equally inconsistent with truths that we know) are judging and comparing.
It is so easy to look at another family (at church or on a blog) and see them as more organized, more in control, more perfect than we are!
First of all, it's not a fair comparison. Often you are comparing that family at its best to your family at its worst.
And the results of the comparing will almost always be negative-discouragement for you and perhaps animosity or jealousy toward them.
The only thing worse than comparing is judging. And that is so easy to do.
"Look at that kid; he must not be getting a very good example at home!"
"From the looks of that family, they're not very in tune with the gospel."
"They really think they are special don't they? They certainly think they are better than the rest of us."
The safer assumption (and more loving one) is that pretty much every parent you know is doing the best he or she can, given what they know, who their kids are, and what other problems they have.