I'm glad I'm not perfect.
By Traci Davis
@TraciDavis (355)
Mesa, Arizona
July 19, 2017 10:15pm CST
I am not perfect. I don't pretend to be. I don't want to be. I make mistakes, I have flaws, I've got mental illnesses and physical health issues. But......
I AM a mother
I AM a wife
I AM a friend
I AM a good person.....most of the time
I AM creative
I AM faithful
I AM hopeful.
Many forces in my life at one point demanded I be one thing or another, and I got so caught up in fighting to prove them wrong, that I didn't think about those things as an option. I've been taking care of kids since I was 9 years old. I've helped my autistic nephew reach huge milestones including learning how to talk at 5 years old. I was always assumed that I would be the stay-at-home wife in a dead relationship that I would eventually give up with and settle into. my goals with writing and drawing weren't supported by my family until my talent was recognized by my teachers in junior high. But you know what? I have a contract to publish a fiction novel - the first one in a series I'm writing. I do all the art work for my own books. I have been a stay-at-home-mom and a working mom. My ultimate goal is to work from home as a DES State child care provider, while having the freedom to work on my books, and be a stay at home mom. I am not settling. I'm not giving up on my goals even though they're far away right now. SO yeah, I'm not perfect, but with everything I've been through, I've discovered far more about myself when I stopped trying to be the opposite of what everyone wanted me to be and started being myself.
Who are you?
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@Rianne009 (187)
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20 Jul 17
No one is perfect. We all made mistakes and maybe in different ways. And speaking of being perfect. Earlier today i saw my daughter's school workbook with a lot of mistakes and i told her of why i didn't see this and why she didn't inform me so i can help her cope up with those subject that she didn't know. And she said that she might think that i will be angry. So i told her that it is ok to make mistakes. That's why it is a workbook to practice with so she will know her mistakes and concentrate to it and study so that it she will not get the same mistakes they will have thier monthly and periodical exam which is important. And that's why there is a second chance and even a third chance.
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@Rianne009 (187)
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21 Jul 17
@TraciDavis yeah that's right. It's not also good to be perfectionist coz when they grow up and when life get tough to them she might not able to accept that she made mistakes in her life and that pit her into depression thinking she is a failure. Though failure is never be a bad thing. We get something valuable from failure and that help us to be strong as a person. It inspire us to do better to avoid that failure again.
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@TraciDavis (355)
• Mesa, Arizona
20 Jul 17
I love that. My daughter is a perfectionist and I have to calm her down all the time and remind her that being perfect isn't what I want her to be. I want her to be someone who never gives up.
@TraciDavis (355)
• Mesa, Arizona
21 Jul 17
@Rianne009 I agree. I tell her that all the time. Making mistakes is a good thing. It gives you a chance to learn. The moment we stop trying to learn is the moment we start to die....in my opinion at least. I give her breaks when she gets overwhelmed but I always have her try again.
@TraciDavis (355)
• Mesa, Arizona
20 Jul 17
It's a pleasure to meet the one and only you.
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