Mother. "No words can ever begin to do justice to the one who bore us and made us what we are. Mother is such a special person! One thing is for sure - There is no one like mother, no love like a mother's love.” -Helen Steiner Rice.
There are thousands of ways one can describe one’s mother. There are plenty of books, plaques and words of wisdom to purchase on the matter. They may all be true, profound and even make you nod your head in agreement.
Behind every image of mother is a message shared by the countless mamas, grandmas, aunts and other women who have shaped our lives. From generation to generation, they have loved us and taught us that the very ordinary things of living have a deeper spiritual meaning. Our mother is the one whose guiding voice we hear, whose gentle touch we feel no matter how time and distance separate us.
A mother knows that loving is easy. It’s letting go that is hard. Mothers encourage climbing and reaching for goals. She cautions that it is not only what you achieve but also how you achieve that is important.
We know there are those who don't deserve to be called “Mother,” but for the most part, there is just something about other mothers. Every mother feels the hurt when they realize there are mothers who don’t do right by their children. They wonder how that mother could possibly abuse something so special as a child.
Mother’s Day, which officially only occurs one day a year, really isn't enough to honor our mothers. But then again, most of us honor them any way, everyday, in some quiet way that maybe neither she nor we realize.
One of the best books I ever read was “Love You Forever,” because it best describes what a mother is.
It starts, “A mother holds her new baby and very slowly rocked him/her back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. And while she held her baby she sang, ‘I'll love you forever. I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living, my baby you'll be.’”
The book goes on to tell about the things that go on between a child and its mother. Each story always ended with, “I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, As long as I'm living, my baby you'll be.”
A mother’s love is unconditional. No matter what, that child she carried in her body was a part of her and for good or evil that flesh was her flesh and that child will always be a part of her. Even if a child was first born to someone else, the person can become its mother. When she first holds that child close to her and feels that baby’s heart beat, that child will always be hers.
He/she could be 75 years old, but he/she is still a mother’s child. Hers to love and worry about, protect, teach and play with. Every time she sees a child, it reminds her of her own child or children. If something happens to another child, it still goes through her like it is her own. She feels every pain, every problem, every situation even if it is someone else’s child.
Her heart is filled with all children. She is proud of their accomplishments. She cries over their problems. She shudders over their mistakes. She forgives and forgets and knows that every kid needs God to protect them, with herself as next in line.
She makes sacrifices for them, but she doesn’t think of them as such. She may over spend on gifts, toys, clothes etc., but figures she can make up the difference some place else. She bends over backwards to find the one thing her child wants the most, even though she knows it is a fleeting thing. She would give her child almost anything.
She does however put her foot down or straightens her back when she knows there is something not right. Who else but a mother can teach right from wrong?
It is a funny thing how children know the difference between kind of and definite. If it really, really matters to mother, they aren't going there, or doing that, no way.
It is a known fact that mothers have eyes in the back of their head. Well, not really, but they are so closely bonded to their child that they seem to always know what is going on. I won't say that mothers are never fooled, but seldom. Some how she has that feeling inside of her that there is something going on she should know about.
To say a good mother is worth her weight in gold would be a travesty, for the value of a good mother is far reaching. There is no end in sight. Her value is without compare!
So on this special day, Mother’s Day, and every day, thank God for your mother. If you can, hug her, and if you can't, tell her in your heart, for that is where she will always be. The thread of her wisdom is woven into the tapestry of our lives. Like a valentine that never fades, a mother's love is stamped on our hearts.
I’ll love you forever. I’ll like you for always. As long as I'm living, my baby you'll be!
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• Monday, May 7th: Brody Hanson, Brian Jensen, John Snyder, Nancy Swearingen Grant, Brian Johnson, Heidi & Jason Owen, their 6th, Bryan & Diane Brighton, Heidi (Crabtree) & Jason Owen, their 7th.
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• Wednesday, May 9th: Elli Pearl Baker, Aidan Jeffrey Schlaak, his 5th; John Jensen, Sue Pence, Jake Simmons, Julie Haroldson, Sue Hohansee, Audrey Horan, Karol Carroll, Njole Aaseth, Rachelle Doran, Carolyn Greer, Karla Kelly, Jerry Westrum, Jill (Ottesen) & Cam Kehne.
Wishing you sunshine and flowers and many, wonderful days ahead.
