Mama

For all of my dear friends who are in the trenches of motherhood - you know who you are
-you're the ones who have been to the pediatrician more in the last few years than the movies,
-the ones who are drowning in clothes - dirty, hand-me-downs, clean - of all sizes and seasons,
-the ones who wonder how many times you can feed macaroni and cheese to your kids before they get scurvy,
-the ones who wonder how will I make it through dinner and bath again tonight let alone the next 16 years and then are amazed at how fast the time goes - too quickly,
-the ones who laugh at the conversations of dreams and imaginations and try to remember what they say to share it with dad later,
-the ones who well up with joy and laughter at the simplest pleasures or the profoundest of truths from little lips,
-the ones who can recite favorite books from memory and often do with eyes closed so that you get a little rest while the kiddos sit quietly
- the ones that have given up dreams of spa treatments for fantasies of clean homes
-the ones who are so much more grateful for their own mothers and wonder how did they do it?
-the ones who wonder - am I doing this thing called mothering right? Is there even a right?
-the ones who thank the LORD for His grace and love to cover their sins and the messiness of motherhood.

I was greatly encouraged by Ann Voskamp's post about mothering today on her website I loved the quote "we’re not the Hallmark mother, just the Velveteen Mothers"  - check it out and enjoy your weekend full of dust, diapers, dirt and diligence with your little ones.  I am truly blessed to have wonderful friends who are mothers to walk this journey with AND an amazing woman I call Mama - I love you!