A mothers love

I decided to do a post dedicated to mothers since mothers day is tomorrow!    

 I'm 25 years old and I don't have any children... With that being said, obviously I couldn't possible know what it's like to be a mother from personal experience. I don't know the love and joy seeing your baby for the first time brings. I can't imagine what it's like spending hours by your babies side nurturing, caring, and raising a little one in preparation for this world.

I've spent my life watching women with their babies.. The older I get the more I recognize the sacrifices mothers make for their children. I see the bruises they kiss. The joy they have in their eyes when their child makes star roll. Mother's show such a sense of pride in their children from the moment they take their first steps... To the bitter-sweetness they show when their child walks across the stage of their graduation. They worry when their kids seem like they make  the wrong decisions. They comfort when their children have their hearts broken by people in this world. They have such a strong connection with children that is almost unexplainable.. 

A mothers love is a sacrificing love that they bring to the table when it comes to their children. They give up years of their wants and needs just to accommodate the life that they helped bring into this world.

They lay down their desires selflessly and turn all attention to the one thing they can't live without.

It's so miraculous to see a mothers love.  

 

I feel sometimes that even though there is a mothers day, mothers are hardly recognized or appreciated the way they should be. I've seen so many people even this year scurry around trying to find something just to give their mother a thank-you. Just so people wouldn't say in disgust "you didn't buy your mom a present?" When the truth is.. No amount of presents or saying thank you will ever measure up to the sacrifices our mothers continue to make for us. They wouldn't even accept them. Even at 25 my mother will turn to me on mothers day and say. "Ashley! You didn't have to get me anything. The greatest gift I have is you." I have never been able to turn to a human being and say that to them. My mother considers me a gift.

No matter how many times I seemed to hurt her in my adolescent years she never held one grudge against me. That is the example of the purest and most beautiful love.

I can only hope to one day give back the love my mother has shown me. I hope everyday that I live my life I make her proud and I show my love for her in everything that I do. The appreciation she deserves is more than I could ever give  to her... But I can try. One day, I will have a little love of my own. Without trying or forcing myself to I will hand down the love for my little one just as my mom did for me. I don't have to force myself to love, because It's in my nature. With no explanation and no condition mothers love their children. That is the purest example of 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 that I have even seen!

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 NIV 

⁴ Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵ It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶ Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷ It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.