Filtered Pictures, Unfiltered Life.

I’ve been thinking a lot about 2020 and how I want to live my life in the new decade. I want to live authentically. I want to be an advocate of making social media a place that feels a little less isolating and a lot more honest. And here’s my mantra… filters are great for pictures… not for lives. At least not for my life, anyway.

You know, those moments when you see a mom who’s two-year-old just got early admission to College and your kid is still mastering the fork? And then you start to question your parenting. Yeah. I see you, I am you. Quit that. I’m sure that kid had all kinds of trouble with his fork that you didn’t see. 

Okay, so I’ll go first..

Hi, I’m Lesley. My socks usually don’t match. My kid isn’t speaking 200 words. I don’t enjoy eating vegetables. I overspend at Target on the reg. (Target is my love language) I drink too much caffeine. I’ve seen my kid eat a cracker that has been in a car seat that I should have cleaned a while ago. My laundry is not always folded, in fact sometimes I even throw it in the washing machine and wash it again just so I don’t have to fold it. *Gasp!* Should I keep going?

I’m awkward, impulsive and sometimes impatient and I’ve learned to forgive myself for those times when those qualities don’t always portray my best side. 

In the past week, I have opened up about the challenges Alex and I have had in life lately and I have found that I am far from alone… yet in this day and age of being so ‘connected’ via social media, so many of us feel alone. I have found that I’m in the worst ‘club’ but this club comes with some of the best members. People I know, and some I don’t, have reached out and shared their stories. Honestly, I wish I would have shared it sooner. I’ve met other women struggling with infertility, along with other hemiplegia and epilepsy Mamas. This community of women is a blessing in the middle of a real crappy season of life. I feel thankful to have met so many new people in just a short about of time. People I wouldn’t have met if I was still living filtered. 

(I’ll say it again for the people in the back…)

So, Friends, whatdoyasay? Let’s all live a little more unfiltered in 2020. Except in our pictures… cause seriously, who can pass up a good filter? 😉