Mother's Day

I have celebrated Mother's Day for 8 years.  This time each year reminds me of the struggle with infertility, the challenges we had to go through; the long wait, the heartaches, the disappointments and the endless praying that we be blessed with even just one.  God has blessed me.  And every year, I am very grateful for the opportunity to be a mom.  Being a mom has been the job I wanted the most, but it's also the job that I feel I fail the most.  Most days I feel like I have an 8-year old son going 16.  He is smart and inquisitive and sometimes, argumentative and feisty.  More and more, I question myself if I am fit for this job.  But my son, he surprises me with his wisdom.   He made me this card at school, and I am blessed to know that even in my failures, he loves me and that he will always love me.

"I love you, just like you love me."   ~ Samuel Askew, age 8

I may be doing something right, friends. 

Happy Mother's Day!