A Mother's Day Prayer

My seven-year-old made this Mother's Day card for our Blessed Mother.  Such a beautiful prayer from such a sweet, little guy!

Happy Mothers' Day!

Thank You, dear Lord, for the gift of motherhood.  Thank You for my own mother, and for women who have been as spiritual mothers to me.  And thank You for each of the five precious children entrusted to my care, and for the two I hope to meet one day in heaven.

Mary: Help me be like you!

In honor of all the hard-working moms I know, it seems fitting to share this quote from G.K. Chesterton:

 

“How can it be a large career to tell other people's children about the Rule of Three, and a small career to tell one's own children about the universe?

How can it be broad to be the same thing to everyone, and narrow to be everything to someone? No. A woman's function is laborious, but because it is gigantic, not because it is minute. I will pity Mrs. Jones for the hugeness of her task; I will never pity her for its smallness.”