How to Encourage a Mom on Mother’s Day
“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God’s handwriting-a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson
I want to wish all of my readers a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend. For those of us who are mothers, we have so much to be thankful for!
An older friend, who I greatly admire, gave me a beautiful card and a small, simple candle yesterday.
When to encourage
and when to protect,
When to ignore things
and when to correct,
When to hold closer
and when to let go —
There aren’t any rules for that …
mothers just know.This day was made to honor mothers like you.
A little gift and a card.
So thoughtful.
I love friends who honor others by telling them that “they are a good mom.”
I know if my mom were here, I’d hear those words, as would others.
(My mom’s favorite tree was a Dogwood, the beautiful flower on her tombstone. This white-flowered tree in our backyard, was given to us from my friend, Pam.)
This weekend, I challenge you to tell at least 3 younger moms that you are proud of them, and that they are a good mom. Or tell them the qualities that you believe make them so beautiful.
Who encouraged your mother when you were growing up? Who encourages you, if you’re a mother now yourself?
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Funny you should challenge that.
My mom passed away in 2008, when I was 24, and after giving birth to own my child in 2010, I have been celebrating my friends who have recently become wonderful mothers themselves.
Rather than a day of sadness, it is a day of celebration to those I know and giving thanks for the great years I had with my own.
Hope you had a great mother’s day!
Sarah
I’ll take your challenge, but a couple of them aren’t much younger than I am, and one is much younger but 2 of her kids are older than mine! :)
Great post Sandy. I think it’s so important to encourage each other as moms, through every stage of our children’s lives and that we remain real and transparent. Thank you for sharing! I miss my mama too and know she would be thoroughly enjoying the lives of her grandkids right now if she was still here.
Okay, it’s 8:30 in the morning and you have me crying. I’m sending this poem off to my DIL, my niece and my ex-step-daughter (don’t ask) who are all amazing mothers.