Is Honesty the Best Policy for Everything?

We all have uttered the saying "honest is the best policy", but in our daily life we constantly dont tell the whole truth, tell a half truth, not say anything at all, or even down right lie.  It seems common place to not always be truthful.  Perhaps it isnt the best policy.  Well I wont argue either way on that.  But I will say that sometimes honesty is just scary for people sometimes.

I read facebook post about how someone had the perfect family.  I do think their little family is quite perfect, though I know how imperfect everything really is in a family just like there's because I lived it.  I read a blog post for the mom of this wonderful family about all the happenings.  It was quite humorous and I have been there, done that and got the t-shirt, mailed the postcard, edited the photos and scrapbooked it!

The thing about her post is it reality, it is life!  She made her post witty and funny.  I find myself often uttering things that make family life, married life and the routine see like a crazy persons desire.  I dont often give credit to how wonderful it is.  Likewise I often withhold information so as to not scare people whom have a daily concern for me and my family.

So in the spirit of honesty, and replication of the example of that wonderful blogger mom with the perfectly imperfect family, here is my honesty.

My kids are so wonderful and great with everyone else.  But when it comes time to act decent to each other, in restaurants, nursery or outside.  I'm finding myself modifying Carol Brunette's number in Annie to "little kids little kids everywhere I look little kids"!  The endless amount of times required to tell them to not boss each other around, they are not the parent, etc sometimes makes me want to toast to Mrs. Hannigan's health!

Seriously nothing ever stays clean around here, not even when the kids do their share of the chores.  No matter what regulation or state I am in I really just want to arm myself and pull a Dont Tell Mom the Babysitters Dead.

I think I constantly have a migraine that doesn't ever go away with any amount of drugs.  prescription narcotics have crossed my mind as of late, but I dont want to be addicted.  So in the mean time I just grit my teeth and bear it.

This seems to be a common occurrence also.

Work frustration is plentiful and abounding in doing others jobs and headaches themselves.  I think I have gotten to the point of this poor fellow!

When it comes to reading the news, political, religious, racial, education, immigration, congressional, judicial news lately I just really get of kilter on both sides!  sometimes I think taking off on a boat to never be heard from again like the east coast family is a good idea...though arriving at a destination obviously would be the key (the poor family, I hope they are ok).  This also applies to unions that represent my family and the unreasonable employers involved.  Both have faults and in the end we get screwed.

Really in the end, for the first time in my life I feel like I want to join this club!  It is an elite club for veteran parents who are active in church, community, work, kids school and all the other day to day activities.

I often feel like just collapsing on to the bed and never speaking to anyone!

In short there are some sentiments that really describe how I feel at the end of the day, after the kids are in bed!  It is a treasured time for me to sit and do nothing for about 5 minutes before the messes and duties of the over busy day scream like steam from my figurative tea pot!