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Today is a day of firsts for me.  It’s my first Mother’s Day as a very thankful mother-in-law – thank you very much, Brendan!  It’s the first Mother’s Day that I have lived in a different state than two of my children.  It is my first Mother’s Day in Colorado.  It’s a strange mix of happy and sad firsts.

But it’s also a Mother’s Day marked by non-firsts.  It’s the 14th Mother’s Day that I have reflected on a child whose presence I am still missing.  It’s the  8th Mother’s Day that I have been in a different state from my mother and mother-in-law.  It’s the 25th Mother’s Day that I have been beyond thankful for the gift of my precious and wonderful children. It’s the 26th Mother’s Day that I have been thankful for such a wonderful and loving mother-in-law, and the 47th year that I have been blessed with the most amazing mom.  Again, a dichotomy of opposing emotions.

I know that part of my emotions today stem from the fact that we were up all night chaperoning the after-prom celebration for Blake’s high school.  Sleep deprivation tends to heighten the emotions.  But it doesn’t change the fact that  motherhood has profoundly impacted my life from the time I was born.  First, through my own mom and grandmothers.  Then through my mother-in-law.  And then through the experiences of carrying, birthing and mothering my own incredible children.  Motherhood, in all its many forms, has made me who I am today.  Through it’s rich experiences of immense joy and intense pain.  Through the examples of others and the experiences of my own.

Today, I am so thankful that God has given me  the privileges of being both mothered and mothering.   Thank you, Jesus, for the gift of motherhood….

Happy Mother’s Day!!!!

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