Happy Mother’s
Day to all the amazing mothers and grandmothers, and birthmothers. Today is a day to reflect on the blessing
that children are in our lives. I have
just a few thoughts for the day and since this blog is due for a new post, here
goes. I am so grateful for the
opportunity to be a mother. All I ever
wanted was to be a mother. The story
goes back many years….
When I was a teenager I remember watching the movie “Saturday’s
Warrior”. Many of you may remember that movie as well,
an 80’s
iconic family movie for youth…in my day…
If you haven’t
seen it or don’t remember,
let me catch you up. There is a girl, main character, named Pam. She is a twin and one of the eldest in a
family of eight children (more than 2 nowadays is a lot to some…I
would have been great with 20 kids).
Early in the movie there is a scene where she is in heaven dancing and
she says, “As long as I can dance my way through
life, well that’s all that matters”. Then she is born and on earth she is
paralyzed from her waste down and confined to a wheelchair. After watching that part I had a very
distinct thought, that I was once in heaven saying, “As
long as I can be a mother then that is all that matters”,
but that I would not be able to have children while on earth. All this while I was a teenager, I wasn’t
even thinking about marriage or family at the time, but had that fear.
As I am reflecting on our adoption story I am thanking
my Father in Heaven to be able to celebrate this Mother’s
Day, I recall many times when the question, “Why
am I facing this trial, with the one thing I wanted is the one thing I have
struggled with, and why when having children is such a righteous desire would I
not be able to have children?” Then the experience I had as a teen, with
that movie comes to my mind. And even
though I still don’t know the complete answer
to “why”,
I know He was preparing me to be able to accept this trial. Tender Mercies.
I love Mother’s
Day, I couldn’t wait to be able to celebrate a
Mother’s
Day (with children) and now I have celebrated my 7th one…I
look forward to always celebrating Mother’s
Day because it reminds me that I am a Mom and that is a blessing I will always
cherish, no matter how hard the job, I am so grateful for it.
Final thank you to my amazing husband and beautiful
children for this day and of course my Loving Father in Heaven and my Savior.
