Jan 18, 2010

Jan 18, 2010

Being a mother is hard! A real, true mother can love unconditionally. No matter what that child does, a mother will still love. The test comes when a mother can love that child and still prepare them to go out into the world and watch that child grow. So many times a mother wants to step in and take life’s blows for that child.

I can’t tell you how many times I wanted to step in and take the pain of life’s problems for my children. My own life’s issue was that I poured my life into my children as they were growing up. I never took my own identity back. Do I regret that? No! Now looking back, I would do it all over again. Am I struggling to learn who I am after all those years? Yes!

To pour your heart into a soul and watch that soul grow into more than my life ever was is so satisfying. I’m not saying my children are perfect, because the Lord knows they aren’t. No one is perfect! My goal was, if I were to die, that they would be close enough to take care of each other and be able to take care of themselves.

Now, a major curve ball has been thrown my way. I never thought one of my own would go before me!

That’s life though!

For all you mother’s that are doing what society thinks is a “thankless job”, continue on. If you lose who you are in the meantime, it’s worth every moment!

Lona