Am I a bad mom?

I have always been someone who took health very seriously.

I started working out and staying active at a young age.

learned to cook and bake from scratch and always made it my goal to make my own food because of the preservatives and dyes in store bought food.

I have always been interested in holistic health and using holistic measures to try to prevent illness and disease.

But after joining the internet i realized I was not anyway near “crunchy enough” to join the crunchy community.

And that’s ok.

I still consider myself healthy (holistic, crunchy… whatever you want to call me)

I just do it my own way.

And I am often called out for this. My food, clothing, and sometimes even the toys my kids play with are constantly nitpicked but the crunchy community.

I know they are just trying to help but honestly, what they don’t realize is that we are a 4 (almost 5) person household living off of one income in THIS economy.

I would love to afford organic fruits, Montessori toys, and 100% linen or cotton clothing. But that’s a little above our pay grade,

And that’s ok.

God had given us a spirit of power, not of fear.

I do not let these things control me or my happiness.

I make the best decisions that I can for my family, and sometimes this include M&M cookies for the family or a trip to Starbucks for a mommy self-care treat… guilt free.

2 Timothy 1:7

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

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