They Call Her Blessed

Proverbs 31:28 Her children rise up and call her blessed; Her husband also, and he praises her:
(NKJV)

Mother's Day was coming and my friends were talking about what their families were getting for them for Mother's Day. I sat and said nothing because I knew my family couldn't afford to buy me anything but lunch at a restaurant and a card. I remember the days when I wondered if I would ever be a mother and how Mother's Day only served as a painful reminder that I was not a mother.

And so, Mother's Day dawned and I made my way to the breakfast table and found a nice card from my husband. He wrote, "You are a great mother to our kids and special wife." Later, I saw my son bringing a homemade card upstairs that said simply, "Happy Mother's Day". It was his special way of remembering me and I appreciated his thoughtfulness. As I passed by the dining room table I saw a piece of paper laying there that said, "Happy Mother's Day!" I turned it over and found this:

"I know I've said I'd run away
And I admit, I've screamed and cried
But please don't take it that I hate you
'Cause I really do love you deep inside!

I never called the taxi to take me from one friend's house to another
Who could be better qualified than a kind and loving mother?
You'll cook 'n clean all day, without a penny of pay
I've got 4 words to who'd do all of this: Hip-Hip-Hip-Hooray!

You clean up the whole basement and one day later it's a mess
Who do ya suppose did that? I know just the two people to guess.
Whoever wrote that children should be seen & not heard I thought must surely be mistaken
But then again, why else would your poor head be so badly achin'?

And this concludes my poem, a tribute to my mother
Your the best mom I could ever have, I'd trade you for no other!"

My friends talked about the expensive gifts they got for Mother's Day, but I was given the best gifts of all.

Dear Father, It is indeed a blessing to be a wife and mother when so much of the world scorns those roles. Yet at the same time I am aware that there are those who desperately long to have a child. I pray for them that you would grant them a special blessing. Amen