When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
SOPHIA LOREN
A friend who was a new father asked me quietly, “when do you stop being afraid of everything for your child?” I responded, “that’s simple, it goes away on the day you die.”
Being a parent is perhaps the most cathartic chapter of life. There is suddenly an awareness that you are very secondary in your own life, and that your child has automatically risen to the top of your priorities.
Add more children, and you continue to slide lower on the priority list. It’s just the way it is.
Having never been a mother myself, I can only use conjecture to presume the intense miracle of some living being growing from nothingness to a baby, ready to burst upon the scene. That experience must be among the most (if not, the most) profound experience a human can have.
Charles Stanley perhaps said it best…”Motherhood is a great honor and privilege, yet it is also synonymous with servanthood. Every day women are called upon to selflessly meet the needs of their families. Whether they are awake at night nursing a baby, spending their time and money on less-than-grateful teenagers, or preparing meals, moms continuously put others before themselves.”
Given their sacrifices made on our behalves, they deserve our undying affection.
Wishing all the moms the very happiest of Mothers Days!
Happy Sunday!
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