On This Mother’s Day…

To those who gave birth this year
WE CELEBRATE WITH YOU

To those who lost a child this year
WE GRIEVE WITH YOU

To those who are in the trenches with the little ones
WE APPRECIATE YOU

To those who experienced a miscarriage, failed adoption, or runaway child
WE MOURN WITH YOU

To those who walk the hard path of infertility and painful disappointment
WE WALK WITH YOU

To those who are foster moms, mentor moms and spirited moms
WE NEED YOU

To those who have warm and close relationships with your children
WE CELEBRATE WITH YOU

To those with disappointment, heartache and distance with your children
WE SIT WITH YOU

To those who lost their mothers this year
WE GRIEVE WITH YOU

To those who experienced abuse at the hands of your own mother
WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR EXPERIENCE

To those who lived through driving tests, medical tests, and the overall testing of life
WE ARE BETTER BECAUSE OF YOU

To those who have aborted their children
WE REMEMBER THEM AND YOU ON THIS DAY

To those who step-parent
WE WALK WITH YOU ON THESE COMPLEX PATHS

To those who will envisioned lavishing love on grandchildren, yet that dream is not to be
WE GRIEVE WITH YOU

To those who will have emptier nests in the upcoming year
WE GRIEVE AND REJOICE WITH YOU

To those who are pregnant with new life (both expected and surprising)
WE ANTICIPATE WITH YOU

This Mother’s Day, we walk with you. Mothering is not for the faint of heart and we have real warriors in our midst. We remember you.