No Sweeter Name...

No sweeter name has crossed the writer's pen, or the child's lips than Mother. She is the keeper of life and faith. She is the giver of strength and hope. She bears the burdens of the world as she holds the hearts of her children in her own heart for the span of her life and into eternity. She is an angel on earth, on God's errand, raising his children. She is a healer of hearts. She is humble and meek, and never recognizes the thing God always knew...How magnificent and wonderful, how graceful and wise, how truly breathtaking she is. Why else would he have entrusted her with every one of his spirit children. She has the capacity to love, nurture, teach, build, and magnify each precious life brought into this world. She is Mother. She comes in every shape, size, color. She is mortal and imperfect. But she comes with a great capacity to love. And her love is unconditional and reaches to the very edge of a cliff to rescue the most lost of any soul. Hours on her knees she petitions heaven for her children. She ask little, she gives contantly, and she loves unconditionally. Looking to her face is like getting a glimpse of God's love on this earth. She is MY mother.

(* My dad came from a family where my grandma was mentally ill. I reflect on his upbring and what he missed in NOT having the kind of mother I had and I just want to say today, that I LOVE HIM! He did the best he could with what he had. I believe that was her test in life, to deal with mental illness. I am sure one day she will bath her children's feet with her tears as she asks forgiveness and gets the chance to love them as a mother is intended to love her children.)

#247 Reason I see the hand of Heavenly Father in my life...no greater gift could I have in this life than to be a mother and love and raise children. I love each one. My sweet mother had such a capacity to love. Some children came "federal express" and some came "parcel post"...from the love we felt you wouldn't have known the difference. I thank God for her still and frequently.

*If you had the kind of mother I had, CELEBRATE her today! If you didn't, be that kind of mother (even when we do not have our own children, we can find ways to mother...it is a gift from God to have those nurturing tendencies), or for the men out there...be the kind of man who helps elevate a woman to that stature God intended for her.

Make it a great day! Only YOU can!

**And for a good mother laugh...click here to check out the awesome Calvin and Hobbes comic my friend posted today. I LOVE Calvin and Hobbes....and I love "the Mud Mom!"