Everyone can mother In the United States, Sunday May 13 is observed as Mother's Day - where everyone has a special opportunity to honor their mothers. Many families get together today, just for this purpose. But - what if our mom is no longer here? Or what if we don’t happen to be a mom? Or what if we aren’t able to appreciate our mom? Are we doomed to aloneness?
It can still be a happy mothering day -- a day about what we have to give and can share, rather than about what we do not have. Every one of us can, and need to, express the essential qualities of mothering.
Single dads may be most in tune with this fact. They find they can comfort, nurture, nourish, cook, do laundry, as well as coach soccer without sacrificing their manhood. In fact this kind of no-apology-mothering -- being and doing the things normally associated with moms -- enhances genuine manliness, rounds out the full character of what it means to be a dad.
So whether you are a man or a woman, whether you are mothering goldfish, cats, dogs, nieces or nephews, grandchildren, neighborhood kids – rejoice in these opportunities.
Have you ever thought of God as your mom and the source of all the mothering you have ever done or seen?
Like as a mother, God comforteth His children;
Comfort is calm, that bids all tumult cease;
Comfort is hope and courage for endeavor,
Comfort is love, whose home abides in peace.
Maria Louise Baum
Maria Louise Baum
Whoever you are, the whole world needs your mothering, and you have something special and unique to give.
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