05/09/2021
To: ALL Women, the Nurturing Warriors within Our Midst!
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We Remember You
To those who gave birth this year for their first child – we celebrate you.
To those who lost a child this year – we mourn with you.
To those who are foster moms, mentor moms and spiritual moms – we NEED you!
To those who lost their mothers this year – we grieve with you.
To those who are single and long to be married and mothering children of your own – we prayer for your future.
To the step-parent – we walk with you on these complex paths.
To those who envisioned grandchildren, yet the dream is yet to be – we grieve with you.
To those with a house full of children – we take note of your self-sacrifice and support you.
To those barren, suffering with infertility – we pray for fruitfulness.
To those who placed children up for adoption – we commend your selflessness.
To those who will have emptier nests in the upcoming year – we grieve and rejoice with you.
And to those who are pregnant with new life, both expectant and surprising – we anticipate with you.
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This Mother’s Day, we celebrate you and walk with you. Mothering is not for the faint of heart. We have nurturing warriors within our midst.
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Adapted with permission by yours truly ;) from Amy Young at messymiddle.com.
A copy is available from Dancing Upon Barren Land @https://dancinguponbarrenland.com/wp-content/uploads/Church-Bulletin.pdf
