Why I am a Mom Unplugged
Oct 16, 2007 Unplugged Moments
Ok, I won’t start this blog with a typical introduction to me. You will learn plenty about me as you read the words in the posts I write.
Instead let me tell you why I am a mom unplugged.
Sometime ago I was in a depression that not many would have survived. I was truly lost in the sauce. But God was right there waiting for me to reach up and grab a hold of His hand.
When I did, I learned a valuable lesson.
That lesson…JUST BE YOU!
I learned that in order to get over the hump of life, it is important to just be you. For me that meant removing that Super Woman cape that so many of us moms wear. It was driving this girl mad.
It started when I had my oldest son, Alexander and was a single mom with no help or contact from his biological father. I felt like I had to do it all in order for AJ to have a good upbringing. It continued when I got married and right through the birth of my youngest son, Brehane.
I was in such a Super Woman mode that I drove myself into an unhealthy existence of living. I was overweight (obese to be exact), was diagnosed with anxiety disorder, dealing with hormonal imbalance, poor circulation, and always putting way too much on my plate. There were days when I couldn’t even think straight and my mind was so foggy that I just laid down and slept away the day.
So one day I told God here and not further. It was time to change and it started with taking off the cape that was suffocating the life out of me.
So that is why I am a Mom Unplugged.
God is showing me how to be the authentic me He created me to be.
Of course I have not arrive, but where I am today is AWESOME. I wouldn’t trade where I am for the world.
So I will be sharing my journey as an unplugged mom! From marriage to parenting. From my life as a WAHM to my life as God vessel for proactive change. There will be a time for everything under the sun here on the Mom Unplugged blog.
Are you ready to take off your cape, Superwoman? Or have you already removed the stifled piece of cloth that was slowly ringing the life out of you?
October 17th, 2007 at 2:21 am
I didn’t know that you used to suffer from depression. I feel like I know exactly where you are coming from and that you were writing about me and not you. I’m actually going through this depression stage right now and although I’m a Christian and trying to rely on God it’s still hard to not try to control everything in my life and do it all!
Thanks for sharing this
I’m glad to hear that God has brought you up out of the depressive slump you were in! He’s so awesome 
October 17th, 2007 at 5:10 am
Tishia,
I suffered from depression for almost 10 years. It was not a nice place to be and I work daily at making sure I don’t go there again. It is a process and God showed me everything I needed to get through.
You know depression is like an addiction, you always have to watch out for relapses.
It is hard to give control over to God, but not until you do, will you be able to really face what is going on with you. There is so much I could say about this subject so I think I will create some posts about it.
Keep reading and reaching…God will free you!