In light of Mother’s Day, I wanted to share a post from my sister site Faros Daughter. Faros Daughter is a nonprofit organization that helps support families that open their hearts and homes to foster and adoptive children.
There are so many lost and lonely children in the world and right in your own state that needs someone to love them. I recently heard a statistic that there are 27 children a night in my state that are in the foster system and don’t have a bed to sleep in.
Contact us for more information! Let us help you get connected. Support these children and or the families that take them in.
Many Sides to Mother’s Day
Sometimes we live in an alternate reality. Maybe it is the TV that we watch or possibly just how we wish things could be. In our perfect TV world, Mother’s Day is a day full of joy to celebrate those amazing women in our lives who raised us. It is also a day for the munchkins and husbands to celebrate just how much they love mom.
Perhaps your day is filled with breakfast in bed, homemade cards, and lots of hugs and smiles. Maybe you are the one showing mom appreciation by buying her flowers and taking her out to lunch or doing something special.
It is easy to forget that we live in a broken world and Mother’s Day might not be full of smiles and joy. Sometimes because of circumstances beyond our control, our Mothers are not around. Maybe you would give anything to spend just five minutes with your mother. To hear her voice, see her smile, and feel her hug.
Possibly your mom was not a part of your life and there is a special lady that took her place. No one can ever replace your mom but maybe this woman loved you as if you were her child. Could it be an Aunt, a Grandmother, a Foster Mother, an Adoptive Mother, or even your Step Mother?
Mom’s at Heart
Maybe your heart aches for a child and someone to call you mommy. There are several stories in the bible of women in this circumstance. My favorite is the story of Hannah. She longed to be a mother so much that she begged God to give her a son. In fact, she made a covenant with him that if he would bring her a son she would willingly give him back to God in order that he may serve him. God did indeed bring her that son.
Is your heart overflowing with love for a child that you did not give birth to? It is amazing how God can fill your heart with love for a little being. Maybe they are in your care for a few days, a few months, or a lifetime. They may never show their gratitude for the love that you have poured into them. You may not receive a card on Mother’s Day saying how much you are loved and appreciated. Let us share with you just how much you are!
God is a “father to the fatherless” and I like to think of a mother to the motherless. He uses you and your overflowing heart to be that mother. Today is not the day to be sad or discouraged. No matter what situation you find yourself in, your heart is capable of big love.
Let’s Celebrate ALL moms
To all of those moms out there (Biological, adoptive, foster, step, and moms at heart) know that you are loved and appreciated. Thank you for giving up your personal time and your personal space to meet the unrelenting needs of your little or perhaps big one. The packed lunches, special breakfasts, I need a snack, I’m in my thirties, and I don’t like that. The endless chorus of Mom, mom, mom, mom, mom.
Don’t forget about all of the lost things that only You can find. Or the scrapped knees and tears that only a Mom’s love can fix. The million diapers you have changed, thousands of meals you have prepared, and hundreds of loads of laundry you have done. Life would be missing something without your encouraging words, discipline to keep your little ones from going astray, and the love that overflows your heart. Moms are filled with great expectations!
To everyone that is a mom at heart, Happy Mother’s Day!
