MOTHERHOOD......

"Motherhood isn't something that just happens to you. It is a choice you make everyday, to put someone else's happiness and well-being ahead of your own, to teach the hard lessons, to do the right thing even when your not sure what the right thing is......and to forgive yourself over and over again for doing everything wrong."

Half the time your kids end up hateing you for at least five of their teenage years....but you can count yourself a success if they don't end up pregnant, in jail or on drugs and finish school. Do they thank you? Not right away.

Then as time marches on and your children find themselves in "Parenthood".... they start to look back on the "whens"and "wheres" of their younger days, they begin to view their youth as not so bad and their mother was not really the "Wicked Witch of thre West." You see God is really a fair and just God....and he has a way of controlling what goes around comes around. Soon you witness your children struggling like you did to do the right thing at the right time for the right people. They feel dumb and out of control at times, but know they can't quit trying. Time is the key word....give time and it takes time.

This cycle of children driving their parents crazy with late hours, undone homework, messy rooms, always needing a ride, money or a new pair of shoes. Wasting time on cell phones and texting, primpting and putting off chores are really wonderful tests put on parents, to see if they are really up to deserving these wonderful little spirits God trusts us with.

I am greatful God let me be a mother...."Gratitude is an art of painting an adversity into a lovely picture." ( Kak Sri ) Yes, I loved being a mother.....but being a grandmother is even better!

A beautiful Sunday morning and I'm off to Panniers of dinner.