Happy Mother's Day

 

 

I was looking for some special thoughts to share with my mother and came upon some very special thoughts for Mother’s Day.  I felt moved to share them with my single friends who are Mothers and have and are going through many trying times – those of you who feel they don’t like Mothers day – I wanted to share some of those thoughts with you – to help you realize how special you are – how much I and so many others appreciate you, recognize the trials you have been through, the sacrifices you’ve made and are continuing to make.  For me it doesn’t go un-noticed. You are an example to many.  Your trials are unique.

For my married friends that have not gone through the trials of divorce, first feel blessed because it can happen to anyone and then please take a moment to look around you on Sunday and give a special hello and gift of Love to those mother’s, who by no choice of their own, have found themselves in this unfortunate situation of being a divorced mother on Mother’s Day.  Most of them have now found themselves to be the breadwinner and the mother with very little relief, understanding and or support.  Please understand this, for most of them today is a difficult day.  Your special hello which is a gift of love will be appreciated. 

Now, some special thoughts about ALL mothers :

 “As a mother you have been given divine instincts to help you sense your child’s special talents and unique capacities,” says Elder Scott. Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles adds, “To mothers who are raising their children without a father in the home, I promise you that as you speak of Jesus Christ, you will feel the power of heaven blessing you.”

"The noblest calling in the world is that of mother. True motherhood is the most beautiful of all arts, the greatest of all professions. She who can paint a masterpiece or who can write a book that will influence millions deserves the plaudits and admiration of mankind; but she who rears successfully a family of healthy, beautiful sons and daughters whose immortal souls will be exerting an influence throughout the ages long after painting shall have faded, and books and statues shall have been destroyed, deserves the highest honor that man can give."

~ David O. McKay

(I really enjoyed this next one because it is so simple but it really shows what is so special about being a Mother…. Love so deep they Sacrifice anything and everything.)

A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.  ~Jewish Proverb

Now that... my kids are grown, I understand how much work and love it takes to raise and to keep a family together.  The example of your strength, devotion, and patience is now rippling through the generations.  Thank you!

On Mother's Day I have written a poem for you.  In the interest of poetic economy and truth, I have succeeded in concentrating my deepest feelings and beliefs into two perfectly crafted lines:  You're my mother, I would have no other! 

A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.  ~Washington Irving

“There is no role in life more essential and more eternal than that of motherhood,” says Elder M. Russell Ballard “A mother’s nurturing love arouses in children, from their earliest days on earth, an awakening of the memories of love and goodness they experienced in their pre-mortal existence,” he declares.  “Because our mothers love us, we learn, or more accurately remember, that God also loves us.”

President Joseph F. Smith said: “It is not for you to be led by the women of the world; it is for you to lead the … women of the world, in everything that is praise-worthy, everything that is God-like, everything that is uplifting and … purifying to the children of men”

There is nothing in this world as personal, as nurturing, or as life changing as the influence of a righteous woman. 

Mother's Day...
a time for warm thoughts
and fond memories,
for expressing
the feelings and words
that often go unspoken,
for letting
those special people
in our lives know
that they are loved
and appreciated -
always.

Thank you to all Mother’s out there on this special day… We love you and appreciate you with all our hearts, today and every day.