Today 21 Rosemary Lane's post "The Invisible Mother" is being
featured as a favorite link from last week's party over at "Junk in Their Trunk". Thank you so much lovely ladies of Junk in Their Trunk for the honor of being featured on your wonderful blog! And if you haven't had the opportunity to read this story, I
strongly urge you to do so! It is a wonderful way to keep what we all do every day as
moms, as women, and as people, in the perfect prospective.
Today is also Ash Wednesday and the beginning of the Lenten season for many Christians, and it is important to remember that what we do for others is not something to be broad casted or simulcasted for the entire world to know. What we do, we do because it is right, and is done in silence. We pray not for everyone to see and take note, but we pray from the privacy of our own homes. God sees all...all that is good and all that is not good. So in this season of repentance as those of us who celebrate Easter prepare, try to remember the tale of the workman carving the image of the tiny bird into one of the beams of a great cathedral as it was being built...the bird was carved not for the enjoyment of man to see and admire, but for God's eyes, and God's eyes only.
Hi Barbara: What a wonderful letter. As an 'older' mom I read that and remember when. It is all so true, but flash forward to the future, and now my daughter will be reading it and the cycle continues. Now she is the 'Invisible Mom' and she must know that she will be OK, because I am. What our children become is due to us, for the most part,and being a prodigy of an 'Invisible Mom' is allowing her to raise a fantastic son...Judy at GoldCountryCottage
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