"Motherhood is a ministry with many manifestations. It shows up in ways we celebrate… and in ways we seldom see. Motherhood is nurture with navigation…guiding children through seasons and storms. It is affection with advocacy…standing up when others stand back. Motherhood is comfort and correction…shaping character with steady hands. It is feeding and fighting…battling for the well being of those you love. Motherhood is holding and helping…lifting burdens no one else even notices. It is soothing and sacrificing…giving what you don’t have to meet needs no one else sees. Motherhood is rocking and resisting…pushing back against anything that threatens the next generation.

Motherhood is tender, but it is also tough, gentle, but gritty, soft, but also strong. And when the moment demands it, motherhood becomes something more..."