Yes it does.
May 05, 2011
This Sunday is Mother’s Day. I’m really lucky, because I’m going to get breakfast in bed from my 3 littles. I get to go to church. I will be with my family, and my children will make me love notes. My husband will write me love notes. My kids won’t fight and it will be a perfect day. I might even get a nap.
Once a year we get spoiled, right?
Well, it’s something I’ve been thinking about lately, and something I think about every Mother’s Day. I actually don’t feel much different on Mother’s Day because I (for the most part, and on most good days) feel so priveledged to be a mom every.single.day. My children give me kisses and hugs and thank you’s. And when I wake up at the crack of dawn from their pitter-patter footsteps, I put aside the fatigue because I would rather have those little alarm clocks than none at all.
I could go on and on about motherhood, how grateful I am to be what I am, and how I wish all women could feel this way about their mothering. But what I will say, is that my friend Melanie Burke pointed me to this site created by our local news channel (which she designed.) It’s geared to help women feel empowered (rather than disabled) by their own mothering. How cool is that? The local news station supporting women by saying this:
Popular culture promises that by recognizing and focusing on our own needs, we will find empowerment. In reality it creates a culture of comparison, distraction and discontent, none of which lead to empowerment. The act of mothering … caring for, teaching, and nurturing, has just the opposite effect. It emboldens us with confidence, contentment and purpose.
Sometimes I feel like the world around me (except for my church, my neighborhood, the blogging world I participate in and my friends and family) has forgotten this primal need women have to nurture and to give. And how that is a central part of our character.
I am just super proud that the media hasn’t forgotten that notion entirely. If you are in Utah, KSL is having a Motherhood Matters week. But you don’t have to be from Utah to Participate. There is a 10 day Motherhood Challenge here. A Giveaway Site Here. And more information here.
What about you? Do you let motherhood empower you?
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Thank you so much for sharing!!!!! I am so impressed that they are so bold about motherhood! This is so inspiring!!
Happy Mother’s Day!
Yes! Motherhood IS empowering! I think when we choose to listen to what the world tells us we need, we can get steered the wrong way. When we listen to the Lord, though, and listen to our hearts, motherhood is especially empowering. We had two raised and chose to follow God’s promptings that we had a daughter in China…we are so blessed!! I am glad to be on the motherhood path all over again, not that we ever stop being mothers, even when they’re grown! Great post because it is encouraging and true!
Beautiful thoughts.. I’m so moved by this. Thanks so much for sharing.
Happy Mother’s Day to you!
Hi. I’m new around here. Love the patterns. Just wanted to say that I agree with your comments about how primal an urge it is to mother and nurture. That is why for those of us who have not been blessed with children, Mother’s Day is maybe the most non-empowering time of the year. I encourage everyone who is lucky enough to have little ones to celebrate with this year to send some extra love this Mother’s Day to women who are experiencing infertility, miscarriage, or the loss of a child and to anyone out there who has lost their mother and misses her extra on days like today.
Another super site for moms: http://powerofmoms.com/ Yes, and YES. What we do matters!
Thank you so much for sharing the link Sarah. Yes! I do agree. Motherhood is a gift. It’s not always easy. Sometimes I think that God gives us Motherhood to help us grow and learn (even more than our children.) They teach me so much every day and help me to push myself to grow into a better person for them.
Motherhood Matters!
Thank you so much for sharing this website, Sarah. My dear friend and I laugh and call ourselves “dinosaurs” because we often feel like an extinct type of mother: we actually want to spend time with our children! The years pass so quickly and I want to enjoy them as much as I can. Which isn’t to say there aren’t some difficult, trying, challenging times. But I think we get in trouble with the distractions, like the website says.
Anyway, thank you for sharing the info, and congratulations on your beautiful new fabric! It makes me want to sew something, so please feel free to tell us non-sewers what to do!
The website is great but the fabric has got me dancing around the house in excitement!!! You have just answered my fabric prayers! I have been on the search for fabric to finish my 2 little guys bedroom. Your new line is PERFECT!!! I can’t wait to get my hands on lots of it!