Mothering

I think the hardest job in the world is being a Mother.
I think the most rewarding job in the world is being a Mother.


I have found that the hard jobs do produce the most growth...

Now that is the paradox.

So in Mothering, we are given these precious children to be their Mother to, reguardless of our training, requardless of our maturity, requardless of our organizing skills, requardless of our patience, requardless of our capacitiy to give.... and the list could go on & on... and the list does go on &on.

We are to be the nurturer, caregiver, teacher, friend, support, encourager, example  and so we begin the journey of a lifetime.

This journey is sometimes long and painful as we are tried to our capacities and then some... stretched to our limits, and then some... made painfully aware of our shortcomings and personality flaws... and asked to continue on...

And continue on we do.

So.. as we are raising our children who grows the most?!  Physically it is apparent to the eye that our children are growing right in front of us.

But I wonder if the growth that is not evident to the eye is the harder growth that is happening.  It is the inner growth that is developing within the Mother.  All the qualities she needed to have and perhaps didn't have when starting she is required to learn... Learn while she is teaching...Learn hands on... Learn in a condensed fashion...Learn sometimes in a painful manner...

Well the amazing thing is we are given this HUGE RESPONSIBILITY  and we are given help as to how to do what is required of us.

I have found that help to comes from many sources,  Heavenly Father,  RS sisters,  other family members,  husbands, husbands & I emphasize husbands, I cannot tell you how much I have learned about parenting from my husband.

When the children keep waking at night, we think we are too tired to get up again, we learn about selfless service that then teaches us about love.

When the children are cranky and we want to cry right along with them, we learn about self control, we learn about the HUGE example we have to be,  to set the tone of the home.

When others are unkind to our children, and I say when, because it will happen we learn about listening to both sides, we learn to be non judgemental.

When our children are growing and it is painful for them at times this growth thing, we learn to turn the other check, to love the unloveable.

When raising adolescence we learn that things aren't always about us. We learn to not take things personally.  We learn to hear what is not said.

When energy is required of us more than we feel we have, we learn humility, we learn to get on our knees and pray for the help that is waiting for us to ask for.

When we are required to be more loving than the situation calls for we learn the love our Heavenly Father has for us. An unqualified love an unconditional love,  a very charitable love.

Yes this Mothering thing molds us Mothers as it molds our Children at the same time.

Yes this Mothering thing is a journey well worth taking. It is a journey that does require just one step after another.

I am not sure when the summit is reached but the vistas along the way are breathtaking.

I am grateful to the Mothers in my life.

BLESSINGS BE TO ALL MOTHERS!

 I truly believe all that is required of us is to do our best at this hard, but rewarding job!!