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I found this wonderful post by JoHanna Massey featuring the various cultural celebrations going on this time of year. Lydia! Peace Is Always Beautiful One of the joys and benefits of having JoHannaMassey.com has been interacting with people from around the globe, whose lives and interests are so varied, so interesting, and so vividly shared. For …
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Day 17 This is actually a reblog of my own post from last year. I decided to give myself a break from writing a new post. Also, it is amazing how true most of this is a year later. We had our dinner with Hubby's family last weekend, though this time it was a turkey …
I am reblogging my Mother’s Day post from last year because it still rings true this year. In some ways, I was dreading this day but after re-reading this post and the notes I have received from some of my “kids”, I am rejoicing once again in God’s decision for me.
Happy Mother’s Day to all.
Lydia!
Mother’s Day has been the toughest day of the year for me for most of my adult life. I lost my Mom 20 years ago to cancer and she always said “If you can’t show your love 365 days a year, you don’t need to celebrate it one day made up by card companies and florists”. I always did celebrate it with her and I did show my love through-out the year or I at least tried to.
As I have mentioned many times, I was not able to have a child of my own and that hurt me for many years. How could God keep the one thing I wanted more than anything away from me? But He had good reasons. During my child-bearing years I was deep into my mental illnesses. My first husband was definitely NOT father material and to have a child connected to that marriage…
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