Mothering - Fruit That Lasts

Everybody knows that a good mother gives her children a feeling of trust and stability. She is the one they can count on for things that matter most of all. She is their food and their bed and their extra blanket when it grows cold in the night; she is their warmth and health and their shelter; she is the one they want to be near when they cry. She is the only person in the whole world, or in a whole lifetime, who can be these things to her children. There is no substitute for her. Somehow even her clothes feel different to her children's hands from anybody else's clothes. Only to touch her skirt or her sleeve makes a troubled child feel better.

{Katherine Butler Hathaway}

{Alexander - July 13, 2002}


{Emily - March 4, 2004}

Perhaps it's because we've been producing "fruit" that lasts, according to John 15:16. These great days may be few and far between, but they help us cling to what's important.

In her address to the 1990 graduation class of Wellesley College, this line drew then-First Lady Babara Bush the most fervent applause: "At the end of your life, you'll never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict, or not closing one more deal. You will regret times not spent with a husband, a friend, a child or a parent."

May we never forget the fruit we're producing as mothers. Mothering truly does matter!
{Mom's Devotional Bible}

Some days things just seem to go right. We helped our husband talk through an issue that's been bothering him. The laundry is done. We drew a hopscotch grid on the sidewalk and hopped along with our kids. Inspiration hit, and we tried a new recipe for dinner & everyone loved it! Why do we find satisfaction from such days?