I was talking with a friend the other night and we were lamenting all of the pressure that comes from those FB posts celebrating achievements. We all do it right? "Hey look at me, I'm on a cruise!" "My kid is awesome--he's a 4.0 student!" It's like those dang Christmas letters--but we get them EVERY DAY! Now, I'm not saying those things are always bad to announce. I mean, they are certainly better than the "woe is me" FB posts. You know what I'm talking about right? Those cryptic, something is wrong, I need attention but I'm not really gonna say what's happening so you are forced to ask me/feel sorry for me status updates. Those make me crazy.
Anyway....my friend and I were discussing how sometimes all those celebratory posts make us feel like we don't measure up which lead me to wonder how many of us are feeling the same way? And wouldn't it be refreshing if we shared what life is really like? (Not woe is me, just real life). So in that spirit I'm sharing some of the facebook status updates I should have posted over the years:
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"I received this call from so and so's kindergarten teacher today: "Hi, Mrs. Morgan. We caught your son with his pants down peeing behind the tree at recess. Could you talk to him and explain that is unacceptable? Oh, and he shouldn't be inviting his friends over to join him."
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"I can tell it's going to be one of those days. The dishes are piled in the sink, my laundry is out of control and the principal just called to tell me that Carter has assembled the 5th grade boys together to protest the unfair treatment of the male gender at recess. Maybe he'll be a politician???"
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"So today has had it's good points and it's not so good points. Dear son is crossing over into scouting today which is great. But the same son also got suspended from 5th grade for the day for getting in a fight. With a girl. The girl won."
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"Another call today--this time from the Vice Principal of the high school. 'Hey Mrs. Morgan? Just thought I'd call and tell you that your son was given in school suspension for hoarding ketchup packets from his school lunch in his locker. I'm not exactly sure what his plan for them was but we are concerned..."
And one of my favorite all time examples of the Morgan's mediocrity:
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"We received this comment on so and so's report card today: "Hopefully the summer will cure you of your laziness."
So there it is. Oh us Morgan's have great things too--graduations and missions and awards and vacations just like everyone else. But most of the time it's just a whole lot of normal, mediocre, less than amazing living. And you know what? It's pretty great.
