Week 37

It has been a lovely Mother's Day today. I have loved visiting on the phone today including all the fun Zoom-ing! I appreciate so much the love we have in our family, and for the great examples of motherhood I'm blessed with. 

My mother was an amazingly strong, independent woman. A widow at the age of 45, she raised her three daughters to have strong testimonies of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Education was so very important to her, and she made sure that we graduated from college. Even though her last years were painful and difficult, she kept going and endured faithfully and cheerfully to the end. 

My sisters are 11 and 15 years older than me, and sometimes I felt like I had three mothers. However, we became the best of friends as I finally grew up. I'm grateful for their examples of endurance as well, and for the wonderful examples of motherhood they have always been.

I was blessed with such a wonderful mother-in-law! She was the ultimate example of kindness and compassion. She loved beautiful things, and was so very generous in sharing her creations.

Of course, I wouldn't be a mother without my wonderful children! There is no way that I will ever deserve the blessing they are in my life. My children are my greatest joy, and I'm so very grateful for their love and support, for their supreme examples of testimony and goodness. 

And what a blessing are the mothers of my fifteen beautiful grandchildren! I'm so grateful for the mothers they are and for the things I learn from them every time we talk. They are wise beyond their years, and their children are pretty nearly perfect.

Thank you all for your enduring love and patience with me! I'll never feel like I deserve the blessing you all are to me. As I've said before - you've either forgotten or forgiven me for all my mistakes. Whichever it is, I don't care. I'm just so very grateful!