Being A Mother Is Not About Birthing …

Being a mother is not about ‘birthing a child into the world.’  Rather, it is about repeatedly ‘birthing into the child’ a steady sense of their inestimable worth, a prized understanding of their authentic self, a conviction that the impossible perfect life is largely the stuff of myth, and an utterly unwavering belief that the cold actions of men never represent the warm heart of God. It is the relentless act of birthing these things into the innermost soul of a thirsty child that makes a woman a mother. The child you hold in your arms is your gift to a future that you will not see.