Happy Mother's Day, Mom ♥

How many cares

does a mother's heart know--

How many joys

does a mother bestow?

How many heartwarming things

has she said--

How many tears

has she secretly shed?

How many smiles

has she given away--

How many kindnesses,

day after day?

How many dreams

has she had for another?

Nobody knows--

except for a mother.

Thank you, Mother,

for all your love

and for the way

you make life special

all year through.

Dorothy Louise Stanley Sharpley

Mary Lee Anderson Hamilton 

OH MY! 
What a task!.... 
M.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D...
 I salute my Mom, and my Mother-in-law for passing the task with flying colors!  How blessed I am to have these two women still active, healthy, and lovingly involved in my life.  ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

When I read the following verses from Proverbs 31, I am reminded of what the Bible tells us that  women should strive to accomplish. 

¹⁰ 

Who can find a virtuous and capable wife?

    She is more precious than rubies.
¹¹ Her husband can trust her,
    and she will greatly enrich his life.
¹² She brings him good, not harm,
    all the days of her life.

¹³ She finds wool and flax
    and busily spins it.
¹⁴ She is like a merchant’s ship,
    bringing her food from afar.
¹⁵ She gets up before dawn to prepare breakfast for her household
    and plan the day’s work for her servant girls.

¹⁶ She goes to inspect a field and buys it;
    with her earnings she plants a vineyard.
¹⁷ She is energetic and strong,
    a hard worker.
¹⁸ She makes sure her dealings are profitable;
    her lamp burns late into the night.

¹⁹ Her hands are busy spinning thread,
    her fingers twisting fiber.
²⁰ She extends a helping hand to the poor
    and opens her arms to the needy.
²¹ She has no fear of winter for her household,
    for everyone has warm^[c] clothes.

²² She makes her own bedspreads.
    She dresses in fine linen and purple gowns.
²³ Her husband is well known at the city gates,
    where he sits with the other civic leaders.
²⁴ She makes belted linen garments
    and sashes to sell to the merchants.

²⁵ She is clothed with strength and dignity,
    and she laughs without fear of the future.
²⁶ When she speaks, her words are wise,
    and she gives instructions with kindness.
²⁷ She carefully watches everything in her household
    and suffers nothing from laziness.

²⁸ Her children stand and bless her.
    Her husband praises her:
²⁹ “There are many virtuous and capable women in the world,
    but you surpass them all!”

³⁰ Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last;
    but a woman who fears the Lord will be greatly praised.
³¹ Reward her for all she has done.
    Let her deeds publicly declare her praise.

As for me......Oh Yes.......
I'm a Mother, too!♥
What an honor!♥

Lauren, Sarah, and Walter

Andrew, Stephanie, and Brian

and Landon

3 John 1:4   I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in TRUTH.

I love the Proverbs 31 daily devotions. A special lady sent this to me yesterday. What a powerful reminder! ----->  A Mother's Hand

H.A.P.P.Y   M.O.T.H.E.R.'S   D.A.Y