If you are a mother, I am sure you're excited about tomorrow being Mother's Day. This year I am going to have a belated Mother's Day. We are leaving a week from Monday for a little vacation to Gatlinburg. I am SO excited. We haven't been there since our honeymoon, which was almost 15 years ago this coming August.
Isn't it a privilege to be called a 'mother'? We go to visit an elderly lady, for whatever reason not really sure, but she and her husband never had children. She just adores our girls. She'll mention time to time, as her husband has now passed away a few years ago, that she really doesn't have anyone close since she has no children to look after her. Oh, she speaks of her church family and some of her family that try to check in on her but she'll also mention having no children. What a privilege. I think of ladies who for physical reasons aren't able to have children. On those days I wish I could just have one sane moment and have peace for 5 minutes with only the ticking of the clock...I think of those ladies. I am sure they wouldn't mind all the little crys, the fussyness, the bickering between sisters from time to time...being a mom is a great privilege.
As I become older and of course my mom gets older as well (as we all do, right?), our bond becomes stronger and different. My mom is my friend. My mom has done whatever it took to be there for me during each pregnancy. My first pregnancy I was in Germany (my hubby was stationed over there with the Army). I will never forget finding out right before we left the states (beings I was terribly sick...I mean terribly sick) that I was pregnant. Then when I got to Germany I found my out my husband would be deployed A LOT...and he was the first 1 1/2 years over there. No sooner we got there, he found out he was leaving for Hungary and guess what? He was to be gone during my due date. I was devasted. And of course, you NEVER know if the military will let them come home during that time or not depending on missions assign. So my mom...who I don't think had ever flown (and I hadn't either so I was nervous about flying and then pregnant and SICK) flew over to Germany to be with me 2 months ( a month before and a month after baby arrived). Of course, she wouldn't have done that had my dad not flown with her, then back to the states to work, then back over to pick her up...so dad's are blessings too! What dedication! What sacrifice! Those were some very tough years in more ways than one...but MY MOM was ALWAYS there for me...ALWAYS!!!
Then came the other three...and mom was right there with me a few weeks before baby arrived and a few after. What a blessing to know that when I left to go have each baby, my mom was home with the others taking excellent care of them. Of course, she was exhausted by the time she left our place so going back to her home was probably more like a vacation time :-)
Mom's are special. If you're a mom like me that sometimes (more than I want to admit) allows the daily grind to just get to us sometimes...remember God gave you those precious little people to care for and to love. They are only ours to guide for a short time. I find it hard to believe I'll have a teenager in like 1 1/2 years...am I really getting THAT old?
I hope each of you have a Happy Mother's Day...and if you aren't a Mother...I believe God gives ladies without children a mother's heart. That older lady we visit from time to time with no children, will just sit and watch every little thing our girls do while at her house. She may not be a mother but she sure has a mother's heart!
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
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