Happy Mother's Day

This year was my first Mother's Day, and I had the pleasure of spending it with my parents and Jacob. It was great. Grandma gave Jacob (and me) a great present. She got us Little Hoot, the book I mentioned in a previous blog. I also had the opportunity to share a little about my experiences as a first time mom at church today and led our congregation in a prayer for mothers. It is such a good prayer that I would like to share it with all of you mothers out there.

Prayer for Mothers

God our Creator, we pray:

for new mothers, coming to terms with new responsibility ;
for expectant mothers, wondering and waiting;
for those who are tired, stressed or depressed;
for those who struggle to balance the tasks of work and family;
for those who are unable to feed their children due to poverty;
for those whose children have physical, mental or emotional disabilities;
for those who have children they do not want;
for those who raise children on their own;
for those who have lost a child;
for those who care for the children of others;
for those whose children have left home;
and for those whose desire to be a mother has not been fulfilled.

Bless all mothers, that their love may be deep and tender,
and that they may lead their children to know and do what is good,
living not for themselves alone, but for God and for others.

Amen.

I made these books from the tutorial mentioned on Angry Chicken's blog. These are notebooks made from recycled paper. The Jacob notebook was for his Grandma.