confessions from this tired supergirl

I have been writing this post for three days now. Three days of editing and reworking and deleting and starting over and walking away and losing inspiration.

I think it has something to do with the kids and the fact that they need something from me approximately every 23 seconds.

Or maybe it’s because my brain has been replaced by a sieve. Every time I sit down to write something for the blog lately, all coherent and witty thoughts drain away. Only sludge remains.

Or maybe it’s because my house isn’t clean and my laundry needs laundering and my car is still in the shop and the baby has another dirty diaper and writing a blog post feels like a luxury compared to the urgent needs staring me in the face.

It’s exhausting, this life of mom and wife and God follower and sometimes-blogger. It’s also exhilarating.

That’s why I love the League of Tired Supergirls.

It’s led by my bloggy best friend, Susanna Foth Aughtmon, who blogs at the aptly named Confessions of a Tired Supergirl. The league is a community of everyday heroes who know that supergirls rarely look as good in their tights as they want to, that real life requires vast quantities of chocolate, even vaster quantities of laughter, generous servings of God’s truth and boundless helpings of grace.

And now, the league has its own handbook – Susanna’s first published work, “All I Need is Jesus and a Good Pair of Jeans: A Tired Supergirl’s Search for Grace.” In it, Susanna catalogs the enemies who daily whisper to us that we aren’t living up to our potential. We meet and face down such villains as Tired Lady, Little Miss No Fair, the Procrastinator and (my personal nemesis) Miz Do Good. Susanna uses humor, the Bible and raw honesty to show us how we can use God’s truth and the occasional roundhouse kick to defeat our foes.

I only recently met Susanna (which is ironic, considering we used to live right down the road from each other), so I didn't know her as she journeyed to write this book and then find someone to publish it. But I am so glad she fought and won that battle. Reading "All I Need is Jesus" is like reading the journal of a funny, authentic and wise friend. I'm proud to name her as a fellow supergirl.

Plus, her book aides me as I go about my supergirl duties, such as conquering the kitchen…

overcoming the toys…

and successfully putting the baby to bed.

(You might note the baby isn't in that picture. That's because I don't win every skirmish. But I try. That's what counts.)

Want to join the league? Then get the book. You can go to Amazon and buy it. (But you might need to use your supergirl speed. They only have two left in stock.) (Which, if you'll permit me, is beyond cool. I never thought I'd say one of my friend's has written a book that has almost sold out on Amazon.)

Alternately, if you're feeling slow on the draw, you can win a copy right here this week. Leave a comment on this post, and I’ll pick a winner with my super-random selection power on Sunday, February 1.

And now, I'm off to fight my newest enemy, Mr. Writer's Block. Something tells me I can vanquish him with perseverance and lots of prayer and the last of the Peppermint Jo-Jos.