Dr. Val FarmerDr.Val | |||
Rural Mental Health & Family Relationships | |||
I Am A MotherMay 7, 2001 I am a mother. I know my children better than anyone. I have carried them in my arms, and in my heart. I am the woman who bore them, loves them, teaches them, inspires them, and sometimes disciplines them. I rock the baby. I read the stories. I hear the prayers. I set the standards. I teach of God, scriptures, prophets, and commandments. I am a mother. I am the best friend God has given children. I forgive, I trust, I encourage. I am the woman who dries the tears, bakes the cakes, plays the games, and sings the songs. My smile lights the way. I am a refuge when there is no other refuge. I am a giver of gifts. I give affection and sometimes reproach. My food nurtures the body and the soul. I make memories out of holidays, birthdays and vacations. I am a mother. I am wisdom, common sense and patience. I am tenderness, loveliness, and kindness, a source of safety, hope, and comfort. My smile lights the way. I am a healer, a nurse, and doctor. I am a cook, a chauffeur, and a counselor. I am love, duty, and devotion I am faith, perseverance, and courage. I am a mother I fashion genius and awaken intellect. My heart is my childrens schoolroom. I am the loom upon which character is woven. I teach of lessons past and beckon toward new horizons. Because I dream, they dream. I delight in their triumphs and in their goodness. I am a mother. I am no stranger to pain In giving birth, I visit the valley of the shadow of death. In giving love, my heart is subject to hurt and loss. I am no stranger to grief. My children are not perfect. No one knows it better than I. Their errors give me a double blow. One to themselves and one to me. I am a mother. For my teen-agers, my lamp is always lit. My love keeps them from temptation. I listen, empathize and sometimes scold. I make burden light and when necessary I make them heavy. I share victories and soften losses. I am there when I am needed. Always. I bear, nurse, protect, love, teach, and then I let them go. My love is that strong. I am a mother. I am not rich, But I have great wealth. My children are my jewels. I am a partner with my husband and with God. I am a civilizer, a builder of homes, a keeper of communities, and a shaper of nations. My calling is divine, my work is of eternity. In life, my work is essential. In death, my memory is sacred. In my soul, these words are indelibly inscribed, I am a mother. |
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