Life is like a garden
And Motherhood like a flower
That blooms and grows in Beauty With the sunshine and the shower.
~Love in the Home~
If I live in a house of spotless beauty with everything in its place, but have not love, I am a housekeeper not a homemaker.
If I have time for waxing, polishing, and decorative achievements, but have not love, my children learn cleanliness not godliness.
Love leaves the dust in search of a child's laugh. Love smiles at the tiny fingerprints on a newly cleaned window.
Love wipes away the tears before it wipes up the spilled milk. Love picks up the child before it picks up the toys.
Love is present through the trials. Love reprimands, reproves, and is responsive.
Love crawls with the baby, walks with the toddler, runs with the child, then stands aside to let the youth walk into adulthood.
Love is the key that opens salvation's message to a child's heart.
Before I became a mother I took glory in my house of perfection. Now I glory in God's perfection of my child.
As a mother, there is much I must teach my child, but the greatest of all is love.
Author Unknown
For all the hugs and kisses For making me always feel loved For the memories of neat surprises For the hand made dresses when growing up For putting up with me as a teen For the priceless quilts when I became a wife For your example as a wife and mother For being a wonderful grandma to my children
THANK YOU!
When we think of our Mothers, We draw nearer to God above, For only God in His greatness Could fashion a mother's love. Helen Steiner Rice
I pay tribute to you today Mom, your love has touched my life and will always influence me as a wife, mother and grandmother.
