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Mother's Day arrives this weekend, and for many it's a Happy Mother's Day, BUT for many Extraordinary Moms as I'd like to call them, that's not so.
MY blog is dedicated to all Moms with a special sensitivity to:
Extraordinary Moms
First let's celebrate and wish all the beautiful Moms out there a Happy Mother's Day! You were gifted with life to care for and nurture and deserve to be lifted up this weekend and celebrated. Your family and even friends will give you cards, gifts and flowers to show how much you are loved and appreciated. It's a wonderful way of honoring Mothers and it makes Mothers know that the care and love/nurturing they did and still do for their family is all worth it to have your children love on you, even for only a weekend, or a day.
I am a Mom, 5 children counting my soninlaw and daughterinlaw, and I am blessed. I have a very introspective side to me, one that, if you've read my past blogs, observes the world as it is and analyzes much of the time to try to understand more about life and myself. I've been in that mode this week as I consider Mothers/Moms who are less fortunate this Mother's Day. So who are they? They are:
EXTRAORDINARY MOMS
- Mothers who have lost their children
- Mothers whose children are serving our country and unable to be with them at this time
- Women that desire to be a Mother and are struggling with infertility
- Mothers whose children are not in touch
- Children who have lost their Mothers no matter the age
- AND Woman that cross multiple categories above.
I can't imagine the pain these women must be going through. To watch as the world celebrates Mothers has got to be a bittersweet time for them. If they have their own Mothers it may help, if they have other children it may help but mostly I believe these are silent sufferers with a huge void in their lives. I can only imagine they do the best they can and yearly pick up their bootstraps and get through the celebrations, from meals to gifts to posts they read on social networks and the like. It must be so hard to survive your child, to live through the anxieties of having your child serve our nation, though for a great cause and with honor, 1/2 way around the world on Mother's Day, to live day to day not knowing when or even if they might be able to give life to another in birth, to not be in touch with your child, or women that cross any of these categories in more than one way. My heart aches for them all.
I do know the pain of losing your Mom, and at a young age. The things you wished you never said, wanted to say, shared together, and to say I love you before they're gone. The remorse that burdens your heart for the loss of your mom at any age is great.
So to all Moms today, be honored, relish the love and take it all in, you deserve it! Then, remember the less fortunate as well. If you know someone less fortunate, do something to show your love to them too. They need it more than you know, and it may not be met with the appreciation that you think you should get for reaching out to them, but believe you made a difference in their lives. Their healing, their wishes, their dreams have not yet come, so embrace them and love them where they're at. Be blessed and be a blessing by Paying it Forward! YOU too are an:
EXTRAORDINARY MOM
It's Just Me Val, Ciao'!
