Becoming a mother opens you up to so much joy…and pain. You essentially become an extension of your children and often feel what they feel.
Remember this (super serious) post? A homeschooling friend gave an amazing presentation more on this topic during our discussion group and it included this poem that might help me have perspective during rough patches:
Pain stayed so long I said to him today,
“I will not have you with me any more.”
I stamped my foot and said, “Be on your way,”
And paused there, startled at he look he wore.
“I, who have been your friend,” he said to me,
“I, who have been your teacher–all you know
Of understanding love, of sympathy,
And patience, I have taught you. Shall I go?”
He spoke the truth, this strange unwelcome guest;
I watched him leave, and knew that he was wise.
He left a heart grown tender in my breast,
He left a far, clear vision in my eyes.
I dried my tears, and lifted up a song–
Even for one who’d tortured me so long.
As Quoted by Spencer W Kimball (Past president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints)
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