WHY I BLOG: Becoming a Real Super Mom ~ Sisterhood Saturday

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Let's face it ladies.  The worldwide wonders of websites, blogs and Pinterest can both inspire and discourage us.  Am I wrong?  I've admired many a blogs and fawned over their beautiful homes and elaborate dinners, Pin'ing and trying out their posts and dreaming of starting my own blog... but how could I?  My home is a disaster most days and often times a last-minute-thrown-together "It's Yellow Night for dinner!" of mac & cheese, corn & peaches would land on the table for the kiddo's.

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Then one day I saw a post from a blogger who showed what her home looked like on the other side of the camera, and not what was staged for the picture she was taking.  That gave me the courage to start my own blog (hopefully) giving inspiration to real mom's who strive on a day-2-day basis to move forward on their own path of SuperMom, regardless of what that path looks like to them.

Last year I shared one of my biggest struggles of crap piled everywhere a messy home with my DeClutter Confessions of a not-so SuperMom Series.  Showing real before & after pictures was not easy.  It was embarrassing.  I received so many comments of encouragement which was great but what I loved the most was hearing how other SuperMom's struggled with the same thing.

DeClutter Confessions Week 1 ~ Kitchen, Pantry & Dinning Room

Posting real pictures of my messy home gave them the drive to de-clutter their own!  Women truly supporting and encouraging one another.  A concept that I have yet to find outside of the magical www.

Building each other up.  That is why I blog.

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At the end of last year I was putting together a Top 13 Readers Favorite Posts list and found it interesting what won out.  Find Your Perfect Cleaning Routine was #1.  A round-up of various free-printable cleaning schedules.  THAT is what Real Super Mom's want.  And although it didn't make the list, if I added up all 13 posts of my DeClutter Series it was a very close second.  More then double the amount of views of the #2 post on the list.  

Find Your Perfect Cleaning Routine

Eye. Opening. Awesomeness. 

Without trying to confuse myself with numbers let me also tell you this.  I posted the Cleaning Routine list in April 2013 and in just under a year has had 21,053 views.  My Surviving the First 6 Months with Twins was posted January 6, 2014 and already surpassed the previous #2 post, being viewed 14,547 times.  In just 6 weeks.

Surviving the First 6 Months with Twins: 6 Must-Have Baby Items

'Surviving Twins' is what Real Super Mom's need.  Not 'Twins Are Full of Rainbows & Sparkles.'  Seeking help surviving motherhood is what Real Super Mom's want.

Mothers helping mothers.  That is why I blog.

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Next for Saturday I will start a new monthly behind-the-scenes series highlighting some of my personal struggles in hopes of inspiring other Real Super Moms just like my DeClutter Series did.  And selfishly I'm primarily posting to encourage ME to meet MY goals and conquer MY struggles, although I hope I'm not alone.  First up, losing weight.  Before pictures.  Yep.  

Did I just sit here staring at those words wanting to erase them so I wouldn't have to post pictures?  Yes I did.  For like 5 minutes. 

Women supporting women.  That is why I blog.

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Sharing my path and what being a SuperMom means to me is liberating.  Way to often the closed-minded voice of feminism shouts out that the lifestyle of motherhood (in particular stay at home mom's) is degrading and stifles the forward progress of the women's movement.  HA!  The movement that gave me the right to choose as long as I don't choose "just to be a mom."

Homemakers enjoying homemaking.  That is why I blog.

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Next month will be my 1 year Blogiversary.  I have started to make a little bit of income which helps me to continue to "just be a mom" to a family of 9.  I have also started to pray for inspiration and guidance so I can make the most out of the time I spend on my blog.  Time spent both away from, and for my family.  I have found I am not the only blogger doing this.  Women who proudly and loudly proclaiming that Christ and their SuperHubbies and their kiddo's is truly what is important in this life.

THIS is why I blog.

Want to learn more about me?  Check out my 'About Me' page HERE  =)