How a Mother Loves

I would like to extend my most heartfelt congratulations to all of you ladies out there who have mothered someone.  There is nothing like the feeling that comes from the heart and mind of another person - who only has your best interest at heart.  It is a feeling that one cannot hide, or alter.  The perception of the receiver is undeniable.

Some mother's become so by the miracle of birth.  They bring a child into the world and before it draws its first breath it is already loved in every breath - and every thought and dream  that you ever had. and ever will have.  I read something on my facebook account that I would like to share with you, I found it very moving and beautiful.

     "Before you were conceived, I wanted you.  Before you were born, I loved you.  When you were born I saw your face and I knew that I was in love.  Before you were an hour old, I knew that I would die for you;  to this day I will.  This IS the miracle of life."
                                                  Sent to me by Toni Horvath.  Thank you Toni.

Before I became a mother, I worried that I would not know how to love another person with the depth, duration and quality that I knew each one of us needs for life.  What a miracle it was to learn that love was magnified to powers of infinity and not cut out of something like pieces of a pie. 

With the impending birth of my second child I worried that I would not be able to love it with the magnitude of love I felt for my first child.  Again, a miracle occurred and love was amplifed anew, giving way to infinite and forever-growing love and possiblities.  It took nothing away from the first child I loved, it made everything better, and sweeter and stronger.  I had changed forever.  I learned that love could be given to many and that everyone deserved to be loved like that.  I decided to be the mom that everybody came to for advise, hugs, chocolate chip cookies...lots and lots of chocolate chip cookies.

By the time my third child was born, I thought that my heart and soul would burst from the joy.  I was sure that I was the happiest mother on the planet!  By that time, my home was the one that everyone came to be at.  It was the happiest place in my neighborhood!  I cannot tell you how many pizza's I ordered or spaghetti that I cooked for the next 15 years.  I took on mothering in a big way! 

I was in a restaurant not too long ago, and the server brought over the biggest appetizer tray on the menu and asked what the beverage of choice would be?  While I tried to say that an error had been made, I had not ordered the appetizer's - I was kindly interrupted.  The server pointed to a young man working on the other side of the room - who waved at me.  I waved back...not really realizing who it was.  My server said, "This is sent to you as a thank you for the many days you spent with me, giving me a place to go, advising me and feeding me."  It really isn't much, but I want you to know how much I have appreciated you.  It made me well up...it still does. 

My youngest now is nearly out of her teens and is legally an adult.  She often comments on 'why do her friends always want to add me on facebook or contact me?' She actually gets a little jealous!  Her friends tell her that her mother is 'cool' and 'really nice' and 'gives great hugs' and 'feeds them...' and I know that I am loved and I have so much go love back with.

I am now in the golden years of my life and find that I am still in need of being mothered myself.  While my own mother may be leagues away, I find that I am given much by other great mothers - that which I gave.  So love doesn't just come full circle, it spins into galaxies of love that shower meteors of love back at us!  It IS the greatest gift and it begins with a mother - any single one of us.

So Happy Mother's Day to all of the mother's who have loved us!  May your lives continue to be filled with and fullfilled by love.