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| The whole gang |
Yesterday was Mother's Day and I spent it surrounded by family and friends who I love dearly. There was hustle and bustle, laughter, a crying grandson and love. Throughout the day, I quietly watched my family talk, play and laugh. It was beautiful and almost complete. My thoughts often drifted to my mother, who left this earth several years earlier. She would have loved sitting there amongst us, watching the kids, sipping a glass of wine and talking of earlier times.
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| Me, my sis, my DIL & her mom |
Each time I thought of her, my eyes would silently fill, but I would smile through my tears. What she imparted to me is so powerful and ever present that I walk with her every day. My sister was there and I know she struggled with the same memories of our mom. But she reminded me of a song by Mercy Me called The Hurt and The Healer. Part of the song says, "I'm alive, even though a part of me has died; you take my heart and breathe it back to life. I fall into your arms open wide, when the hurt and the Healer collide."
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| My husband and my baby |
What a powerful statement. What joy that can come from suffering! At that moment when glory meets your hurts, He makes you ALIVE! So, every year, on Mother's Day, I am tempted to be sad and at a loss without my mother. But instead, I take great joy having my family around me, knowing that she would be so happy and blessed to see us smiling and laughing. She would not want us to be sad and miss out on a day of blessing!
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| My son & Daughter in law |
I hope you all enjoyed Mother's Day and were blessed with family and friends to love on. If you are missing your mom, remember that you can carry her in your heart and feel her presence every day...and that she would want to see you smile and hear you laugh and know that you are enjoying life...the life that she gave you!
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| My sister, grandson & DIL |
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| The grandson! |
Pause my music player at the top right of this page and listen to The Hurt and The Healer by Mercy Me.
From His Lap,
