Mothers

Today I needed my mother. It was one of those days when everything just seemed to be a little too much and I needed a mom. But my mom's not here. Not in the flesh. She's been on the heavenly plane since 1987 when we lost her to ovarian cancer. But a good friend reminded me of something I'd shared with her about mothers...a quote from an amazing book called "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd.

I read it. I read it again. And I drew strength. I share it with you now, hoping you may see yourself and findthe sustenance you need today, tomorrow and as we go through this season of new light and life.

“ You have to find a mother inside yourself. We all do. Even if we already have a mother, we still have to find this part of ourselves inside…

You don’t have to put your hand on Mary’s heart to get strength and consolation and rescue, and all the other things we need to get through life. You can place it right here on your own heart. Your own heart.

When you’re unsure of yourself, when you start pulling back into doubt and small living, she’s the one inside saying ‘Get up from there and live like the glorious girl you are.’ She’s the power inside you, you uderstand?

This Mary I’m talking about sits in your heart all day long saying, ‘You are my everlasting home. Don’t’ you ever be afraid. I am enough. We are enough.’ “


From The Secret Life of Bees
By Sue Monk Kidd
Chapter 14, Pg. 288/89