Years ago when Logan and I first started dating we made a pact that we would not celebrate Valentine's day with one another. Believe me, it takes a lot of stress off of our marriage. But in celebration of the day of Love, I want to write a post about the love that I feel a mother and a wife should have for her family.
I have been thinking a lot about motherhood as of late and what it should be. Tonight I wrote in my own personal journal an entry that I am learning from personal experience of raising my own children a mother should do. Keep in mind these are my own thoughts and my own beliefs and are not meant to be offensive to anyone. I write them more as a reminder to myself:
Journal entry on February 14, 2011:
"As a mother, I want to always show my children love and desire to be with them. I never want them to feel spiritual or mental pain inflicted by me. A mother should be a confidant, someone to confide your feelings to and feel no discrepancies from; an assurance that you are loved no matter what. A mother wants to be surrounded by her children and hopefully one day by her grandchildren. A mother takes care of her sick children and volunteers her life to raising of her precious babies. At least that is how I feel. A mother's love is unique and selfless...she thinks of no one but those she loves. A mother works with her spouse to raise the best children she know how. A mother's purpose is to raise Heavenly Father's children in a way that when she returns to him, she may not have any regrets about the way she loved them. That is the mother I strive to be. I want my children to know that they are always loved without conceit or without any conditions on their part. I want my children to never have any doubts about my love for them. They, along with my glorious husband, are my everything. They are me."
I just love my family so much. I know I say it all of the time, but I am so beyond blessed. I don't know what I did to deserve them, but I am grateful that I have them.
