The Imperfect Mommies We are two middle-aged moms with two husbands and five children between us. If you add up the ages of our kids we have a combined 34 years of parenting imperfection. We hope to get it right as grandparents, as we noticed that our parents suddenly morphed from people who did not know the word “yes” to ones who have become saints of generosity and benevolence in the eyes of our kids. Hopefully, our stories will resonate with your experience. And thank you for visiting our blog!
Jenny
Jennifer has been married to Mark for 11 years and has three kids: David (11), Kelly (7), and Scott (4). At some point Jennifer realized that she and her husband had promoted themselves to parental incompetence (somewhere between having no children and having three—-it all seems like a blur at this point). Jennifer realized that she was not alone in her certainty that she was an imperfect parent when she met Marie, who confirmed that yes, indeed, Jennifer is definitely the very model of imperfect. (But Marie ate paste in kindergarten, so what does she know).
Marie
Marie and her husband, Ron, set out on the road of marital bliss 11 years ago but were quickly detoured to parenthood. They have two children, Nic (9) and Aaron (8). Marie was overwhelmed with love when her children were born. But, it wasn’t too long into motherhood before she realized that no matter how hard she tried, she would never get it quite right. Sensing her own inability to be a perfect mommy, it didn’t take long for Marie to recognize that she and Jenny had a lot in common. (Oh, and just for the record, I never ate paste. I only sniffed the glue.) Contact Us Contact us with offers of money, outrageous compliments of our parenting prowess, or vitriolic comments about our appalling lack of…well, everything. We can be reached at 2moms@imperfectmommy.com
Ladies-alas, I, too, must be an imperfect Mommy, since I think you are two of the smartest ladies I know! Keep on blogging – you have a fan!
Maryellen, thanks so much for visiting ImperfectMommy! We are thrilled to have you as a fan. Marie
Great blog! Your fun spirits shine through, and so does that imperfect-mom determination to make them have fun no matter what they think about it
. Keep writing and I will certainly keep reading!
Thanks, Heather. Glad you enjoyed the blog. As long as our kids keep giving us great material, we will keep writing! — Marie (will be stopping by to check out talesfromdiaperbag!)
Awesome….not just me then
Oh and I DID eat paste in the English equivalent of Elementary School…but when the glue is the colour of sticky caramel, it’s to be expected 
Hi! I read your article about the 5 (possible) reasons for autism. My heart is with you – I can’t imagine how it feels to have an autistic child – I did work at a school that specialized in autism so I understand how challenging it is. I’m glad you do not carry around any guilt over it, it’s hard enough raising kids as it is! Nevermind newspapers and magazines throwing around blame. We do the best we can given what we know! Keep doing what you do and here’s to great Moms like you!
Thank you for your kind words. I have received a surprising amount of hate mail over that article.
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My children are all grown now and I thought I had been a pretty good parent. Now I’m hearing the stories they tell of things I did that they thought were just hysterical, usually the punishments I thought were clever and would deter them from commiting the same offense twice.
Hey, Jackie, thanks for stopping by and checking out the sight. I’m sure my kids will be laughing their heads off at me when they get older, because they already do now!