Giving her hope.
And most importantly,
(and hardest of all these impossible things)
You know how to lay them down:
Your love of your children,
Your hopes for them,
Dreams for them,
Hurt for them,
Their futures.
You know how to trust HIM,
With THEM.
And I hope you know,
(Which is why I’m telling you)
That I know
That bearing these burden’s, a mother’s privilege,
Is also:
Hard
Draining
Exhausting.
So be the one, Mama,
The one who knows
How to give herself to Him, too.
To REST,
To CARE,
To take a TIME OUT.
So that, in the end,
Those who need you to know all the things,
Will have a refreshed you, a best you,
A You that can feel the joy in the knowing.
Because you’re really great at it.
(Did you know that, too?)
