Are You Desperate, Mama? {Yeah–Me, Too!}

If you’re new to The Humbled Homemaker, you may not realize that I’m…gulp…not perfect.

Nope, not in the least!

Sure, I may use cloth diapers, and strive to feed my family healthfully (emphasis on strive) and look for ministry opportunities.

But the real, raw, vulnerable truth is that I have been so incredibly humbleD in the area of homemaking. And I cringe when I hear: “How do you do it all?”

Ladies, I’m here to tell you I don’t–in the least. You can ask my husband. You can ask my friends–maybe especially some of my blogging bffs–like Stacy, who get my text messages saying: “Oh, my goodness, I just can’t keep up with the laundry or the dishes or the dirty diapers.”

Many, many days in this journey of motherhood, I’ve simply felt…desperate.

So even though I don’t do book reviews a whole, whole lot (because, let’s face it, besides short eBooks, I really don’t have a ton of time to read), I jumped at the opportunity to review Sarah Mae and Sally Clarkson’s new book Desperate: Hope for the Weary Mom Who Needs to Breathe.

Desperate: Sarah and Sally had me at that one word alone.

Hope: There is hope? Yes, there is!

Weary: Sometimes I can’t remember what it feels like not to feel tired.

Needs to Breathe: Yes! That’s it! (And take a shower by myself as well?!)

Now let me give you this disclaimer that this book came in the mail while I was on vacation over Christmas, so I have had it but only a week. So I have not yet finished it.

But what I have read is…refreshing.

There are so many books on the market aimed at teaching us to be better wives, better parents, better mothers…

And so many of them lay on the guilt. Probably not intentionally…but they do.

This one does not.

Sarah’s voice is much like mine. She is quick to admit that she is apt to take on too much, get overwhelmed and burn out.

She is quick to admit that so many days during her children’s little years (she also has three children very close in age), she just wanted to stay in bed and pull the covers over her head.

She is quick to admit that she’s in need of her Savior.

And Sally, well Sally comes in and in true Titus 2 fashion, she gently and lovingly and graciously instructs Sarah, encourages Sarah and motivates Sarah to be the mother God designed her to be.

Each chapter starts out with a letter from Sarah and an answer from Sally, and both ladies give their perspectives in the different chapters of the book.

Are you a Sarah–or are you a Sally?

If you’re a Sarah–like–me, you will pick up this book and be encouraged.

If you’re a Sally–in the mentoring season of life (I know I have some grandma readers…which delights me to no end!)–then this book will admonish you to pick out a Sarah from among your community and encourage her. Believe me, we young moms need it!

Interested in this book? Find it here.

Interested in AMAZING giveaways for moms who need to breathe? (Like a spa day and free housecleaning for a year?!) Visit Sarah Mae’s website for the jackpot of all giveaways here!

Do you ever just feel desperate to breathe?

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