Being a first-time mommy is hard. The pressures from society, family, friends and yourself can be overwhelming and cause you to fully doubt the abilities you have as a parent. As an avid reader, I've got quite the collection of parenting and mommy books now. A few have been standouts. Some made me angry. Several heaped on guilt. Only two have shown me grace and helped me find peace in the journey. And I've learned that the best title to give myself is unsupermommy.

UnSuperMommy is one of those two books.

I actually grew up in church with the author, Maggie Combs. I've been hearing about this book that she was writing for the past few years. I've been curious about what the book would be. Gradually, Combs started sharing pieces of the journey on her Instagram. I followed along, knowing she is a mommy in the trenches deeper than I could imagine. With three young boys, she was still able to live my dream of writing a book.



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When Combs asked if I would read UnSuperMommy and share my thoughts with you, I gave an immediate yes! I was honestly blown away by the grace that I found within these pages.

What Combs does in UnSuperMommy is help you figure out how to practically release expectations (from yourself and others). Combs invites us into the imperfect world that is mommy-hood.

She reminds us to embrace the season that we are in.

Chaos or peace.

Busy or slow.

She reminds us that God is the one that carries us through this overwhelming season of life. We don't have to live up to the standards that anyone else places upon us. We, honestly, don't even have to live up to the expectations we've placed on ourselves!

Combs writes short, easy to read chapters that let the busy mom get simple reminders of God's truth in a multitude of scenarios that we face on a daily basis as a mom. She shares practical tools that are filled with God's grace and reminders of the life God calls us to in scripture. The constant reminder to turn back to the Word is so vital.

I finished this book full of hope for the future and the way I approach parenting my daughter. I also found myself thinking that this book needs to be passed on to every single new mommy that I know.

Whether you've been parenting for 10 years, or you have yet to hold your little one in your arms, this is a beautiful book that reminds us that no matter how hard, no matter what your experience, God will use this experience to grow you closer to himself. To remind us that we do all things as a parent through his strength and not our own. It is his power in us that makes us super mommies. Not the things that we can do ourselves.