Mother’s Day has me thinking…
It has always been a day to honor my dear sweet Mom and my beloved Grandmothers. In recent years it has been a day to receive precious hand-made cards and gifts from my children. It is a day when families join together; when the priority is to spend time with one another. The past two years have added another dimension to the holiday and today is again bittersweet. I can’t help but think about my son’s birth mom: I wonder where she is, how she spent her day, how I would love to wrap her in my arms and thank her for choosing life and choosing me to spend Mother’s Day with her son as mine. In my heart I do believe that it was God’s intent that every child be raised by the Mother who gave him or her life, but we live in a fallen world where adoption can be His answer to our tragedy. It is my prayer today that Mary Grace, the beautiful woman who gave life to Ivor, feel a love so strong it can only come from our Father in Heaven. I pray she feels a peace in knowing that her son is loved beyond measure by myself and many others. I pray that the Lord give me answers to hard questions that may come from Ivor in years ahead, and I pray that I never take for granted what a privilege it is to raise Mary’s son as my own. It is with a grateful heart that I wish Mary a Happy Mother’s Day today.