Mothers

Hello Everyone,
I have been a busy girl, and I haven't had time to post. But it is a New Year. When I was at Deseret Book for the fifth or sixth time in December, I came across a book called, "Broken Things to Mend", by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland. I bought one for a friend and one of the "offspring". I thought it looked like a great book. I heard some people talking about how great it was, and soon I was sorry that I hadn't bought one for myself. Oh well, there is always January. Then I noticed one in the guest room. I thought maybe our "guests" had gotten it for a present. "Well, no," Lindsay said, "Mom, it is yours". Where had it come from? It was in my pile of lovely gifts that I had received at the time Mom passed away. I soon remembered that it was from our former Bishop and his sweet wife. Any way I started to read it the other day. It really is a wonderful book. It will go on my "keep" shelf. I could not help but think about all of my cute mommies as I read from the chapter called "Because She is a Mother", and I quote from Elder Holland, "......In speaking of mothers generally, I especially wish to praise and encourage young mothers. The work of a mother is hard, too often unheralded work. The young years are often those when either husband or wife-or both-may still be in school or in those earliest and lean stages of developing the husband's bread winning capacities. Finances fluctuate daily between low and nonexistent. The apartment is usually decorated in one of two smart designs: Deseret Industries provincial or early Mother Hubbard. The car, if there is one, runs on smooth tires and an empty tank. But with night feedings and night teething, often the greatest challenge of all for a young mother is simply fatigue. Through these years, mothers go longer on less sleep and give more to others with less personal renewal for themselves than any other group I know at any other time in life. It is not surprising when the shadows under their eyes sometimes vaguely resemble the state of Rhode Island....... Do the best you can through these years, but whatever else you do, cherish that role that is so uniquely yours and for which heaven itself sends angels to watch over you and your little ones. Remember, through the thick and the thin of this, and through the occasional tears of it all, you know deep down inside that you are doing God's work. You know that in your motherhood you are in an eternal partnership with Him."

LOVE YOU ALL. You are doing a GREAT job of a marvelous work.