Gratitude for our Mothers!

It's been a while since I've made a post and have thought a lot about my wonderful Mother and Grandmother's, Aunt's, Wife and Sister. I have thought about service they provide to others, my own Mother serving a lunch and dinner to an elderly couple for years, I think of the service of my wonderful Grandmothers and for their time spent with me being my friend. I think of my sister, taking food to people in her ward and strangers in general and her giving way. I also think of my wife and her service to us as a family and the children of our ward and all the silent meals that are taken to people who need help, I also think of the free hair cuts her and Dell provide to people who my struggle.

My mind is also taken to my Mother and Father for their selflessness, love and support both spiritually and financially. My heart has broken thinking of Grandma Loveless, her years of service to her children and others, and to see her in this condition is where the service needs to turn, and we need to show the same love that has been shown us. I am proud to say that we are who we are because of our parents, to my children and nieces and nephews and grandchildren and grandchildren to come. You are who your are because of your Mother's. Remember where you came from, and remember where you want to go. You are who you are because of them!

President Thomas S. Monson said:

Mother, who willingly made that personal journey into the valley of the shadow of death to give us mortal life, deserves our undying gratitude. One writer summed up our love for mother when he declared, “God could not be everywhere, and so He gave us mothers.”

While on the cruel cross of Calvary, suffering intense pain and anguish, Jesus “saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother!” 4 What a divine example of gratitude and love!

My own mother may not have read to me from the scriptures; rather, she taught me by her life and actions what the “Good Book” contains. Care for the poor, the sick, the needy were everyday dramas never to be forgotten.