On Mother’s Day & Hearts for Home Blog Hop

 This Year on Mother’s Day I will . . .

. . . give up expectations. I’ll not let the advertising world or pinterest or greeting card companies or well-meaning friends tell me that I deserve to be showered with gifts and laden with flowers. Without these expectations I won’t be disappointed when my family did not get the memo that Sunday is Mother’s Day.

. . . celebrate those I have had the privilege to mother. Eight beautiful people here on earth and one tiny blessing already in heaven call me mother, mommy, mama, mom. Ahhhh, the sweetest of names! I thank God for this role He’s given me and my prayer is that my children know how I love them.

. . . enjoy the man who fathered my children. I couldn’t have done it alone, wouldn’t want to, and my husband needs to know. I’ll enjoy the privilege of serving him and our children even if there is no breakfast in bed come Sunday morning.

. . . remember my mother, her love and beauty and gifts I no longer have the joy of experiencing. I will relive our visits over coffee and her special touch with my newborn babies and that witty crazy humor of hers.

. . . rejoice in my daughters and daughter-in-law who are amazing mothers, leaps and bounds ahead of where I was at that same stage in life.

. . . remind myself of Christ who came and died for me even though I didn’t deserve it and find joy in the day whether there are flowers and gifts or no.

“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters” [and sons and daughters and husbands ] 1 John 3:16

And now for this week’s blog hop! Below you can enter your family friendly post on any topic that encourages us to have a heart for our home. Last week the most viewed post was When Jesus Met My Baby where we read a touching account of a baby miscarried by Fruitful Momma.

I’m featuring four posts from last week’s blog hop that were especially encouraging to me as a wife, mother, homemaker:

Beginners Guide to Saving Money (part 3 food) at Aspired Living

My Kids Somestimes Drive Me Crazy at Lextin Academy

Submissive Wives from a Man’s Point of View at Becoming a Godly Wife

First Bouquet of the Season at First Comes Love

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