Grateful to be a Mom

This Thanksgiving as we went around the table to share with our family what we were thankful for, I was overwhelmed with gratitude for my role as a mother. This blog has helped me so much to recapture the spirit of motherhood. I am so grateful to be a mom and for the example of all the other wonderful moms i know! I am also so grateful for a husband who understands the importance of having me stay at home to raise our children. I couldn't do it without his support and all of his hard work.

"To the mothers of this Church, every mother who is here today, I want to say that as the years pass, you will become increasingly grateful for that which you did in molding the lives of your children in the direction of righteousness and goodness, integrity and faith. That is most likely to happen if you can spend adequate time with them." -President Hinckley

“We have often said, This divine service of motherhood can be rendered only by mothers. It may not be passed to others. Only by mother, aided as much as may be by a loving father... can the full needed measure of watchful care be given” -President Kimball

“Motherhood is near to divinity. It is the highest, holiest service to be assumed by mankind.” The priesthood cannot work out its destiny, nor can God’s purposes be fulfilled, without our helpmates. Mothers perform a labor the priesthood cannot do. For this gift of life, the priesthood should have love unbounded for the mothers of their children." -President Hunter

"No more sacred word exists in secular or holy writ than that of

mother.

There is no more noble work than that of a good and God-fearing mother." -President Benson