*tap tap tap* Anybody there? Coming next Monday...

Well, my blog, it sits here, waiting expectantly. I do love it, I can't give it up, I enjoy the thought of this little personal space on the big web, so to speak. Well good news for my little bloggy here and my many, many readers (wink wink)... coming soon will be a new weekly blog event, for all those moms out there like myself, who don't have time to maintain the illusion of having it all together all the time... "Ministry of Reality Monday."

Here's how one mom (who inspired this all and coined the phrase, but I won't name her because she doesn't have a blog to link to that I know of) described it:

The basic idea of "my"Ministry of Reality Ministry...is being able to be REAL about life. Homes are not always (not *usually* even!) spotless, children are not always dressed adorably, children do not always "behave," marriage is hard, and there aren't simple answers to hard questions. Being honest about all of this makes it easier (in my opinion) to live life... because we can ASK for help about problems we aren't covering up. We can be encouraged by others' stories of surviving similar seasons and trials.

We are still working out the details, and hope to have a hostess and a handy link thing and maybe even some blog buttons or such... but more important is that we hope it is a time of real sharing and encouragement for other moms. I don't think any of us are quite sure where we're going with this, and for some (raising hand) the thought of sharing about our real life in a way that is not edited to reflect only a nice tidy corner of our life or living room can be a bit daunting.  But I am looking forward to it!

Anyway, I hope this will be coming soon and I really look forward to reading what the MbG ladies come up with! :)

Comments

[Sarah]

Can't wait to start next week! I blogged (sort of) about it today and linked back to this post. :)

http://soggymommy.com/?p=89

[thatmom]

Fabulous idea....can't wait to read more!

I will be blogging about this and will be linking back to this post, too.