It is a quote I received for Mother’s Day some years ago.  It reminds me of how important it is to have love and that love irradiates through the faces of children.  I believe motherhood is a great gift from above and that we are the nurturers of children.  Our gift of loving someone is refined through marriage and motherhood.  

Little girls and boys who are treated with love and respect since their infancy grow up to be loving and respectful people.  The home is where they acquire and emulate those virtues.  It has been said that a child is the reflex of their home.  It is important then to cultivate in their young minds the need to love, serve, appreciate, and respect one another.  Where else are they going to learn such lessons? Nevertheless, if a child does not have the perfect home or has because of circumstances beyond their abilities been mistreated or mislead there is always a just God who will take care and guide those children. No parent can escape the obligation and the responsibility they have to help and guide their children.  

When there is a gap in the teaching someone else will teach and you might not like what they learn.  It is better to teach in love what you feel will help these little ones in the future.  I remember a time when my five year old was with me in a room and I had company over.  My baby was around two years old and the five year old kept telling the baby what to do.  I observed her for a few minutes and when I thought it was enough I turned to her and said “What are you doing with your little sister? I am the mom here, let me help her instead.”  

She turned to me and said, “I know I’m not the mother here, but I’m practicing to be one.”  They watch our every move. If you want to know how you are behaving and teaching, just watch your children.  It is a great responsibility to be a mother, to be an example.  I see myself in time out many times during the day.  I need to control my feelings and learn patience in the process.  A good way to do it is having time for yourself, to be edified and learn from good books what is good and not so good to do.  

Motherhood is a sacred obligation through dedication and consecration, devotion and admonition; we can foster and nurture their bodies, minds and spirits, thus becoming the greatest work we could ever accomplish in this life!  The following quote describes exactly what I‘ve been trying to share with you. “The ability and willingness properly to rear children, the gift to love, and eagerness to express it in soul development, make motherhood the noblest office or calling in the world. She who can paint a masterpiece or write a book that will influence millions deserves the admiration and the plaudits of mankind; but she who rears successfully a family of healthy, beautiful sons and daughters, whose influence will be felt through generations to come, … deserves the highest honor that man can give, and the choicest blessings of God.”

In conclusion, motherhood can be rendered only by mothers. It is the love you have for your child that helps you to be able to help them.  No one else in this world can love your child as much as you do. No other honor can compensate the honor to be called a mother and be recognized as such. Motherhood is near to divinity.  It places you who honors this holy office and service next to the angels!