And that is YOU even if you\u2019ve never borne down in the battle cry of birth or not! Of course, I honor my own precious mother today because if it weren\u2019t for her \u2013 I wouldn\u2019t be and neither would these children and grandchildren of mine. The best of me came from her. I thank God for that precious saint that I\u2019ll throw my arms around one day and thank her again and again for giving me — ME!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I believe that all of us are called to mother another \u2013 whether we call it mothering or not. We mother because we\u2019re called to it. We are the ones who reach out to a struggling sister, child, college student, teenager, grandmother or couple. We mother the one who shows up at our doorstep to hear a positive word that she can make it one more day of home-schooling her children. We mother whether we\u2019re married or not, and have a slew of kids or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We mother because we can\u2019t not mother. We can’t help ourselves, because there is a friend who has been hurt and needs a soft, safe place to land. We mother because we\u2019ve watched our mothers make TLC soup for the sick. We mother because the older woman at the mall locked her keys in her car and we call for help for her and we wait and encourage her until help comes (true story). Because, we mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We love with genuine affection in our hearts. We delight in honoring each other. We give ourselves away \u2014 little bits and pieces of who we are, of our courage, of our deep faith, of our hope and peace. We bear down and we find ways to bring life to people desperate for air. Because it\u2019s what we do \u2013 we mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every single woman who loves, sacrifices, encourages, tends, cares, raises, praises, shapes, forms, nurtures, and cheers on others, no matter how you came to be connected with them, is doing an amazing, mothering work. And today — as we celebrate our earthly (or heavenly) mothers, we celebrate you, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I honor you, believe in you and champion you! Happy Mother\u2019s Day to my Sisterhood! Thank you for all you are and all you do!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLove each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other.\u201d (Romans 12:10)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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