Mama;s Got a Fake I.D...Let's wrap it up!

Mama’s Got a Fake I.D. Chapters 11-13

Ta-daaa…we’re at the end! And, while you girls haven’t been speaking up as much as I’d hoped, I hope even more that you’ve gotten as much out of this book as I have.

In these last three chapters, Caryn brings up a topic that quite frankly has been known to make me cringe—the topic of vulnerability. Because of the way I grew up, being vulnerable seemed like a dangerous predicament to put myself in. I held in my thoughts, my dreams and my attitudes about everything for many years. I was so adept at putting on my “poker face”, that at my high school graduation even I was shocked to discover that several of my close friends did not know that my real father (whom I visited twice a month) was actually alive and kicking only an hour away. Because of my deep need to hide a difficult part of my past, many of them assumed that he had passed away. This shock of reality made me realize how much I had guarded my life and my struggles. Worse than that, it made me realize that by not making myself vulnerable to these girlfriends, I had accepted close friends when what I could have experienced was sisterhood.

I love the way Caryn challenges us to put ourselves out there not only for our own good, but for the blessing of others as well.

1.What is the one thing you still identify with even though you can’t currently “live” it?

2.Have you ever felt God hemming you in for His purposes? How did you react?

3.Think about some of your secrets. In what ways do they drag you down and steal your sense of well being?

4.Have you ever gotten real with someone only to find that it was a totally freeing experience? Did it make you think about being more open more often?

5.In what ways do you bless your kids with your words?

6.How might you bless another mother that God has laid on your heart?