Today is the day we set aside to celebrate mothers and all that it means to be a mother. Also, it's the day we celebrate the special gifts God has given to us, our children! As I look at life in a new perspective now than I did 4 years ago when I was not only not a mommy but not even married yet, to now, with my two beautiful little girls, there is a new found awe to the word "mom", "mother", "mommy", or as my sister likes to say "mumkins". What better blog to dedicate to my mother and some of the most beautiful Godly mothers I have known and loved in my 25 years of life than on our adoption blog. Motherhood, whether you are pregnant, already have your child/children with you to hold and tuck in at night (that's US), waiting and praying for your child/children whom you don't even know their name yet (that's US too), have children that are grown, or have grieved over the loss of one of your own...is still motherhood. It's still a bond, a special and unique bond between a mother and a child; if for a day a week, a year, or tens of years it's a blessing from God!
My mother, Susan Montroy, has always shown me, even from a very young age, what it means to be a Godly woman, mother, and wife. I know that I didn't always make it easy on her (especially my late teenage years) but she has helped me to grow in wisdom and in grace. I just love how Proverbs 31 talks about how a Godly woman, wife and mother should exemplify Christ. As I look back, my mother displayed those things to me and now I get to take what she has taught me and demonstrate it first hand to my children, to my husband, to God, and for our household.
'Mom, I love you so much and I'm so thankful for the relationship God has given us! You are not only my mother, but my best friend, my children's Nana, and a wonderful example to all who know you of what a Godly woman, wife, and mother should be! This day could only have been made better if I would've been able to celebrate you in person! I love you, Mom!'
I love you girls!'
'Hannah and Noelle, I'm so blessed to be your mommy. I look forward to what God will do in and through your lives, but I cherish all of the moments now as I know you are both a special gift from God! You make me laugh so much everyday, yet I'm left with tears in my eyes (tears of joy of course) and you keep me guessing! You make me want to be a better mommy day after day, to strive to continue to show you what a Godly mother is, and to tell you about Jesus' and His love for you!!! May you live according to Gods plan for your life and be an example to all of His love!!
I love you girls!''To our child who is in our hearts, as we still don't know anything about you yet...we wait patiently on the Lord and His timing to bring you home to us! We long for the day we travel to pick you up and bring you home to meet your two sisters and the rest of your family that already loves you and is praying for you!'
Lastly but not at all least, I celebrate all of the beautiful mothers that I have known and loved in my little over 25 years of life. You have helped me to be the mom that I am today and have been an inspiration of Godly womanhood and Godly motherhood! Of course I have left out many because it's late and I'm running on 'mommy brain' (haha) but two special ladies pictured below, alongside all of the other wonderful ladies, is my gorgeous and Godly sister Meredith who is just a wonderful inspiration of strength and Christ-likeness in a busy world, being a wonderful mommy to Caleb and to the 'little one on the way'(so excited to be an aunt for the second time), and to Teresa Fuller (my mother-in-law who went to be our Lord and Savior last year)...what a dear woman who had God's love shining through her and overflowing into the lives of all who knew and loved her. In her short time of being a "mawmaw", she made special memories with Hannah and Noelle that Trey and I will continue to keep alive in our children's hearts forever! I see her example of motherhood through Trey every time he holds our precious girls. Scripture says it all, "Her sons rise up and call her blessed"-Proverbs 31:28....that is a wonderful reflection of how Trey feels about his mother!
