Mother’s Day not far away

Mother’s Day is coming round once again.  Is this something you look forward to, or something you dread?  Do you have a mother you look up to or resent? Do you have children who look up to you or, for some reason, dislike you?

For my own part, Mother’s Day is tinged with both sadness and happiness. I have 4 lovely daughters that I get to spend time with and usually get spoilt over lunch or dinner and with lovely gifts.  But I lost a son 33 years ago whom has never gotten to know me as his mother, at least not here on earth.  A step-daughter we lost over 3 years ago.  And a mother that has disappointed me in a way that I could never have imagined would happen.  Although I don’t think it was through any fault of her own but rather my father’s actions.  And when you’ve been married to a man as long as she has been married to my father (55 years), I can fully expect she needs to support him but sadly it means we are no longer the friends we used to be.

What does Mother’s Day mean to you? If you go to church, what kind of message would you like to hear shared on that special day?  And how has the passage on the Proverbs 31 Woman spoken to you? I’d love to hear about it.