“I often look at my children and think of the line Emmerson wrote,
‘All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.’
To have a child is one of the greatest privileges a woman can ever know.
Mothers are not necessarily made when the child is born.
There is a great difference between merely bearing children and becoming a mother in the truest sense of the word.
The primary attribute of motherhood is love.
How important it is to spend lots and lots of time with our children — reading to them, talking to them, listening to them, playing games with them, singing to them; you know, these years when they are young and so precious;
I hope we don’t have to ask ourselves, with tears in our eyes, a few years from now,
“Why, oh why, didn’t I spend more time with my dearl children when they were young and needed me so?”
-Beautiful Homemaking; Charlene Johnson
Motherhood, for me, has been quite the journey – a 22 year long journey so far!
I’m so grateful that God impressed upon our hearts to homeschool and “keep” our children in a way others may not have understood. Now, as I ’suddenly’ have adult children – along with all my precious little ones – I can truly look back and see how the every day moments make up the big moments, how the little memories are the biggest and most important, how the daily walks or talk, the read alouds together during school days, the afternoons on the trampoline and the moments spent picking wildflowers together … these are all the moments that have made up my motherhood life.
I cannot imagine life without homeschooling – how many hours I would have wasted, not being with my children! Yes, homeschooling is difficult some days – other days, it is a joy and a ‘breeze’ – but I would not trade all those moments for an afternoon of ‘me’ time and a quiet, clean household. (But, by the way, there is still a way to have quiet times and a reasonably clean and tidy home, all while homeschooling … just ask me how … this is a topic near and dear to my heart!)
Yes, motherhood and caring for my children has been a calling – and one I treasure. When I talk to other mothers and they tell me of their problems, their lack of time, their unfinished goals or unhappy feelings; sometimes I can see right through their dilemna … dare I say it, it’s mostly selfish feelings, desires of the world or perhaps a lack of maternal nurturing love towards the children … your motherhood journey with little ones is not as long you think.
Make it your priority and your life calling. Have fun with your children! Step away from the world and make your home your resting place, a nurturing environment and a wonderful life for your family. 
I will always be thankful for so many little ones to love and raise – it has been – and still is a delightful journey.
by Gigi
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