This Mother’s Day, my temptation is to wax poetic about the joys of parenting adult children who are whole and healthy. And there are plenty.
Both are happily married.
Both like to call and chat, ask for advice, share recipes.
Both think I’m much smarter than when they were teenagers.
Both appreciate the value of being raised by two loving parents.
Both feel connected to a wide circle of extended family.
But through my work with parents of kids who have significant special needs, I’ve learned about moms for whom such musings are salt on their wounds. For many reasons.
Their children will never marry.
Their children can’t make a phone call or communicate.
Their children don’t know how smart their moms are.
They are raising their children alone.
Their extended family has deserted them.
My point is not to make mothers showered with blessings play them down or feel guilty. My point is to stir those of us so blessed, myself included, to shower struggling moms with blessings, too. So mosey on over to www.DifferentDream.com and read about some Omaha area moms whose generosity will make this Mother’s Day special for 25 single moms of medically fragile children.
It’s too late for you and me to do something that big this Mother’s Day, but it’s not too late to help one family. And it’s plenty early to prepare a flood of blessings for next Mother’s Day, don’t you think?
