The Gift of a Mother

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, MOM!!!!
There is nothing so precious a gift as being the best mom you can be to the children entrusted to you. My mom taught me to cherish the simple pleasures of life, the wildflowers along a wooded path, the common birds fluttering along the way, the beauty of a round blue pebble. She made everything she touched a thing of wonder. She carved out paths in our wooded backyard, lining them with wild plants she transplanted from the nearby forest. She creating a mock river of smooth bluish pebbles, that meandered among her wildflowers. She greeted us every morning with breakfast and a smile as we hurried off to school. She had the wisdom to trust us to do our homework, make our mistakes, and hopefully learn from them. She lived by example, and her example was one of gentleness, kindness, reverence for the beautiful world God has given us. She was the one who explained to me that a forsythia bush was never meant to be trimmed to a round, manicured shape. They were meant to throw out long wispy tendrils in a profuse explosion. She knew the nature of things, and how they should be allowed to grow so they would be just the way God intended them to be. That is the gift of a wonderful mother.

Thank you Mom. I love you.

John 15:12
My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.


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