Mother’s Day
My prayer today is that all women are blessed with a man as great as my husband. God has surely found favor with me. Kory is the most giving and heartfelt man I’ve ever met. There is no doubt in my mind that he loves me beyond measure. What’s even greater is that he loves the Lord with all that he is. It is the day before Mother’s day and the last few days I’ve experienced fleeting moments of sadness because the reality hits hard that, although I love Katie and Lauren as if they were my very own, I will never be their mom. In my heart and mind I consider them my own children even though I didn’t give birth to them. So, this Mother’s Day weekend finds me with a bit sorrowful because I care so much for my “daughters” and yet I know that they will always reserve this holiday for honoring their mother, and they absolutely should. I will never take the place of their mother, nor do I ever intend or expect to take her place, but my heart still will love them as my own.
Being a step-mother has so many incredible joys, but there is also heartache knowing that I will always be the second mom. So, my dear husband, knowing full well that this day might be a bittersweet one for me, went out of his way to honor me as the mother to his daughters. He went out of his way go share how valuable I am in all of their lives, and he went out of his way to thank me and express his sincere gratitude for my devotion as a wife and mother. He also expressed his confidence and faith in me to fulfill this role. He assured me that he knows God sent me to fulfill this calling because He knew I was worthy, that I would help lead our girls closer to God, and that I would add to the people Katie and Lauren would become. Thank you my precious husband for seeing all this in me and for affirming me as a wife and mother.
Since the girls were going to be with their mom on Mother’s Day, Kory decided to express his gratitude for me while the girls were present. He sat me down on the couch and gave me a sunflower plant (my favorite flower) which I planted in our garden. He also gave me a card which I read out loud. I was so moved by what he wrote that I was struggling to read it and I was choking back tears. I love you my dear husband and I thank God for you. You honor and love me as a husband should and I sincerely pray that women everywhere honor God enough to wait for a man like you. They will be blessed, as have I My prayer today is that all women are blessed with a man as great as my husband. God has surely found favor with me. Kory is the most giving and heartfelt man I’ve ever met. There is no doubt in my mind that he loves me beyond measure. What’s even greater is that he loves the Lord with all that he is. It is the day before Mother’s day and the last few days I’ve experienced fleeting moments of sadness because the reality hits hard that, although I love Katie and Lauren as if they were my very own, I will never be their mom. In my heart and mind I consider them my own children even though I didn’t give birth to them. So, this Mother’s Day weekend finds me with a bit sorrowful because I care so much for my “daughters” and yet I know that they will always reserve this holiday for honoring their mother, and they absolutely should. I will never take the place of their mother, nor do I ever intend or expect to take her place, but my heart still will love them as my own.
Being a step-mother has so many incredible joys, but there is also heartache knowing that I will always be the second mom. So, my dear husband, knowing full well that this day might be a bittersweet one for me, went out of his way to honor me as the mother to his daughters. He went out of his way go share how valuable I am in all of their lives, and he went out of his way to thank me and express his sincere gratitude for my devotion as a wife and mother. He also expressed his confidence and faith in me to fulfill this role. He assured me that he knows God sent me to fulfill this calling because He knew I was worthy, that I would help lead our girls closer to God, and that I would add to the people Katie and Lauren would become. Thank you my precious husband for seeing all this in me and for affirming me as a wife and mother.
Since the girls were going to be with their mom on Mother’s Day, Kory decided to express his gratitude for me while the girls were present. He sat me down on the couch and gave me a sunflower plant (my favorite flower) which I planted in our garden. He also gave me a card which I read out loud. I was so moved by what he wrote that I was struggling to read it and I was choking back tears. I love you my dear husband and I thank God for you. You honor and love me as a husband should and I sincerely pray that women everywhere honor God enough to wait for a man like you. They will be blessed, as have I.