FOR (ALL) THE WOMEN

Today I am thinking of all the WOMEN: The ones who gave birth, and the ones who didn’t; 

the ones with moms in heaven, the ones with moms on earth; 

the moms who have been separated from their children due to death, divorce, distance, estrangement, imprisonment, bad choices; 

the moms working at home, the moms working in an office, a classroom, a hospital, a store, or on a construction site; 

the ones who serve our country; 

the ones who made a choice because they couldn’t see any other way; 

the ones who are at their wit’s end, and the ones who long to be; 

the ones who have to hide in the bathroom to get a moment’s peace, and the one whose houses are quiet; 

the ones who kept their children, and the ones who gave their children to others to raise; 

the ones who gave birth despite great odds, the ones who are still waiting; 

the ones who traveled the world to expand their families, and the ones who gathered those closer to home; 

the women who feel unloved, unwanted, unworthy, used up...I SEE YOU; 

the ones who foster, adopt, teach, mentor, befriend; 

grandmothers, step-mothers, aunts, cousins, friends; 

all of you moms who struggle with extra-special children, and extra-difficult circumstances...I SEE YOU. 

Single, married, widowed, divorced; those being celebrated today...and those who are overlooked; 

FRIENDS, never feel less-than because a child hasn’t come from your body. You are important. You are enough, and we need you. We all need each other.

"We should help others do what is right and build them up in the Lord." Romans 15:2