Sunday thoughts

I have been blessed with such great examples of mothers and womanhood in my life. From my grandmother to my own mother to my Aunt Denise, my Aunt Linda, my cousins, my mother-in-law and sisters-in-law to my sweet sister, I have been abundantly blessed.

I have been given tutelage of the best kind by observing and learning from the wonderful women in my family – in the homemaking arts, style, self-improvement, education, forgiveness, unconditional love, patience, service, support, integrity, obedience, and striving to be more Christlike.


I have never been more aware of or more grateful for these women and all that they have taught me than I am on this Mother's Day.

I was motivated by words of wisdom about motherhood that I heard at Women's Conference:

• It is a child's natural instinct to learn from her mother. There is nothing more lasting or powerful than a mother's example and training.

• Every word that she speaks, every act, her every attitude and response affects her children.

• A mother can teach by example that the home is the most important place on earth, worth our every effort.

• What a blessing it is to have children who want to be with each other, and grandchildren who want to be with their parents and grandparents.

I can't seem to stop thinking about this beautiful quote that my mother shared with us as we were gathered around Grandma's hospice bed:

"How much of my delight in all beautiful things, is due to her influence, I can never tell. There is not a talent, or a joy, or an aspiration in me that has not been awakened by her loving touch". – Helen Keller

I love you, Mom.

I love all of you phenomenal women who have so profoundly influenced me for the better.

I have oh so much to live up to.