Mother's Day

Carys Anne - May 8, 2011

I am not unlike most little girls.  When I was young, I dearly wanted to become a mother.  I wanted to become a teacher also, but if God would have only granted me one of those dreams, I would have happily forgone my professional career in favor of having a family of my own.  Sometimes it seems surreal to me that I have any children, much less two happy healthy little girls.  Although I know I could never prove myself worthy of two such precious gifts, I am humbly in awe and unabashed in my thankfulness to God that for the rest of their lives, I will be their mommy.

This Mother's Day was especially meaningful to me because this morning Carys was dedicated at our church.  For those of you unfamiliar with this tradition, it is somewhat similar to an infant baptism.  We brought Carys before our congregation  and pledged to do our best to raise her to be a Godly and God-fearing woman.  Our deepest and dearest desire as parents is that our girls will come to know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.  This ceremony signified that John and I will do all that is within our power to raise Carys to know the Lord.  (We had a similar ceremony for Cora almost three years ago.)

Brother Danny's message this morning was about mothers and grandmothers, and he shared testimony from his life about how his mother raised him to be the man that he is today.  I felt like his message was a call to arms of sorts for me personally.  A child's relationship with her mother has such a huge effect on the person she becomes.  I know that I would not be the wife and mother that I am had I not been taught to be so by my mother.  And, conversely, John would not seek to be the caring provider that he is had he not been nurtured by his mother.  I can only pray that my imperfect example will still lead Cora and Carys to not only be Godly wives and mothers, but to seek out good and Godly husbands.  

Thank you Mema for your patience and persistence with your stubborn and hard-headed little girl.

And, thank you Yiayia for helping John to become a man of honor and integrity.

We are blessed by who you have been to us and by who you will be for our girls!