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A Gathering Place for Deliberate Mothers
Motherhood once seemed like a nearly-impossible dream to me.
Fifteen years ago, when I was painfully single after a hard break-up, I was overcome with sad thoughts – “What if I never find a husband? What if I do but I can’t have kids? …what if I never get that chance?”
Everything in life has the potential to be beautiful. Some things just need a second glance, a chance to prove to us that the view might not be what we expected: It might be even better.
Many mothers take on a “super-mom” mentality and think that accepting help from others is a weakness. Join author Terri-Ann Gawthroupe as she explains how she learned to accept service from others and how it has blessed her life as a result.
Spilled applesauce, a sentimental souvenir ruined, soiled bedding, a twice-backed-into car, broken plates, a puppy running through a paint tray, all in a matter of days. How did Allyson manage to hold it together?
Originally posted on Rachel Martin’s blog Finding Joy, this essay reminds us that we ought not to let the mundane moments in life rob us from the beauty of normal that surrounds us.
Moments come, and then they are gone. It is up to us, as mothers, to decide which ones we choose to “breathe in, long and deep” and which ones we let pass us by. Author Emily Ashton shares her beautiful thoughts on living from moment to moment and seeing past the tough moments that inevitably come with motherhood.
I bet every single person reading this can think of one or many times when someone acknowledged, complimented, or praised you for a certain behavior or characteristic. That moment felt good, right? Wouldn’t it be nice to be that person for your own children?
I’m not a marathon runner, even though many of my loved ones are. But whether we’ve run 26 miles or simply held it together for 26 minutes, I think we can all appreciate this touching story told by Janeen Wright.
As a mother of teens in a society full of pressure and pain, it has always been so important for me to feel like my kids can come to me with any problem and we can work it out together. Recently I’ve been led to wonder if I have really done enough to position myself as the first one my teen would come to with a serious problem.
This year has been good, but it has also been challenging. Then a friend of mine recently wrote on Facebook that this has been “the best year of [her] life, hands down.” I thought about her sentiment and wondered if I could echo it. I wasn’t sure that I could.
Nine years ago I found myself in the intensive care unit of our local hospital holding my very sick seven-month-old baby boy. We had checked into the emergency room four days earlier when I realized my baby was having difficulty breathing.
So while there are 1000’s of hours of Power of Moms work that needs to be done and countless other timely projects that are important to me and to others, I’m protecting my precious time with my precious kids and training my brain to focus on the here and now.
