sunday

there are some days when i can’t wait to be a mother. holding babies or playing with little kids usually makes me feel that way. there’s just something about children. maybe it’s because they start out so tiny and rely completely on someone else to take care of them. they require so much love and attention. after years of babysitting and stealing children for a day, i’ve learned a lot about what motherhood will be like. i know how to change diapers and how to make the crying stop. i know how to sing quietly and rock a baby to sleep. i’ve learned a lot of valuable things. and when you look at them and see past the maintenance that they require, you see this beautiful life and wonder what GOD has in store for them. you think about all that they’ll experience in their lifetime. how they will change the world. and then as they grow older, you watch them develop their own unique personality. they begin to smile and laugh. they start to take steps and become a little more self-dependent each day. they grow smarter and begin to morph into little troublemakers. they start to realize what their interests and talents are. their features become more permanent. and, before you know it, they’ve become a full-size human. as a mother, you love and nurture your child. you have so much influence on that little life. i know this because i see so much of my mine in me. and i know how she has impacted me in so many ways. happy mothers day, mom!