Paige McCoy Smith

You may wonder why I named this concept “Not-So-Perfect Parent”. It’s actually a sadly inspiring story about a real-life event. I had just given birth to my first-born child. It was mid-afternoon and I was still in my pajamas. As I nursed my darling son, my attention wandered to the television. As if to mock me, there stood one of those perfect “can-do” women.

You know the type. She was touting her herbal honey made with fresh picked herbs from her organically grown garden. I scoffed at her audacity, but the breaking point came when I watched her don beekeeper gear and collect honey from beehives. This was no mere woman. She had to be genetically engineered, a modern-day Stepford wife. Homemade honey – let’s get real!

Thank goodness I came to my senses before I threw the nearest thing at the television. I was inspired from that moment forward to bring some sanity and rational expectations into the lives of real women, and in this case real mothers since I had just joined their ranks.

I left my cushy, cozy and oh-so-comfy job to pursue this quest and was lucky enough to land not far from my Fort Worth stomping grounds to work in Dallas at WFAA. I have now expanded outside the box – the TV kind and the Topic kind – and realized the quest for perfection seeps into so many other aspects of a women’s life. The New Not-So-Perfect Radio show is now airing on 103.7 LITE FM and serves as a respite from our collective desire to per-fect the imperfect – by that I mean our husbands, our families, our culinary skills, our bodies, our kids, our in-laws, our wardrobe… and the list goes on and on!

Remember – life’s not about being perfect. It’s about being real. Let’s stumble on this journey together!

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Paige is married and has three children– Colt age 11 and Luke age 7. Most recently, Paige and her family adopted Victoria, now age 1, from Colombia.

If you have a question for Paige, email her at paige@notsoperfectparent.com.

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