Oh Mama!

 

 

 

 

Sometimes being a mother is challenging...the love part is easy but the rearing sometimes is not. I love being a mother but we all have those days when it just feels like.... are we doing this right????? I am just being real because.. I know.... I have had those days! Just this last Saturday, I was crying in the Haggen's parking lot after a fight of will's with my boys but through tears came understanding. There is no perfect parent & there is no perfect child. But God made me their mother & them my children...I know he has plan so I seek him for advice & strength! I remind myself that I am still learning and if I get knocked down, I have to get back up & try try again! Being an example and teaching them is as important as having fun & loving them....sometimes just not as fun. I love my job as mom & am so thankful that God has intrusted me with these 3 little blessings.

I found this parable and thought it was just wonderful & wanted to share with you all!  

 

 

A PARABLE FOR MOTHERS

The young mother set her foot on the path of Life. "Is the way long?" she asked. And her Guide said: "Yes, and the way is hard. And you will be old before you reach the end of it. But the end will be better than the beginning."
But the young mother was happy, and she would not believe that anything could be better than these years. So she played with her children, and gathered flowers for them along the way, and bathed with them in the streams, and the sun shone on them, and life was good, and the young mother cried: "Nothing will ever be lovelier than this".
Then night came, and storm, and the path was dark, and the children shook with fear and cold, and the mother drew them close and covered them with her mantle and the children said: "Oh, Mother, we are not afraid for you are near, and no harm can come." And the mother said: "This is better than the brightest of days, for I have taught my children courage."
And the morning came and there was a hill ahead, and the children climbed and grew weary, and the mother was weary, but at all times she said to the children: "A little patience and we are there." So the children climbed, and when they reached the top, they said: "We could not have done it without you, Mother." And the mother, when she lay down that night, looked up at the stars and said: "This is a better day than the last, for my children have learned fortitude in the face of difficulty. Yesterday I gave them courage, Today I have given them strength."
And the next day came strange clouds which darkened the earth - clouds of war and hate and evil, and the children groped and stumbled, and the mother said: "Look up! Lift your eyes to the light." And the children looked and saw above the clouds an Everlasting Glory, and it guided them beyond the darkness. And that night the mother said: "This is the best day of all, for I have shown my children God."
And the days went on, and the months and the years, and the mother grew old, and she was small and bent. But her children were strong and tall and walked with courage. And when the way was hard, they helped their mother; and when the way was rough they lifted her, for she was as light as a feather; and at last they came to a hill, and beyond the hill they could see a shining road and golden gates flung wide. And the mother said: "I have reached the end of my journey. And now I know that the end is better than the beginning, for my children can walk alone, and their children after them."
And the children said: "You will always walk with us, Mother, even when you have gone through the gates."
And they stood and watched her as she went on alone, and the gates closed after her. And they said: "We cannot see her, but she is with us. A mother like ours is more than a memory. She is a living presence."
--- Temple Bailey --- Sent in by Debbie Lewellen 

I found this here:http://www.motivateus.com/stories/parable.htm

 PS.....REMEMBER to make your Monday 5 Goal List :0) 

Last week I did so/so again....checked off 2.5 of mine...yeah I know half of one more then last week. I am working on this....remember I am trying to be better about finishing goals/lists. So that half of one is progress ;0)

This WEEK's list:

1. GET YOUR BUTT TO THE GYM HOLLY
2. Get Christmas Presents mailed out
3. Really DIG into the new Weight Watcher Plan
4. Get some Quiet Time
5. Start your present project

 This was a manic Monday indeed....