By Judie Brown
As a great-grandmother twice over this year, I have begun to see the blessings of motherhood in a surprisingly new light. I feel honored that God has given me the opportunity to witness our children’s love become the procreation of children, who have in turn witnessed the devotion of their parents for each other and are now beginning their own families.
Four generations of descendants exist, and though my husband is not bodily here to witness this incredible family expansion, I know he is smiling from ear to ear.
It reminds me of our first baby, born 11 months after our wedding. I was very, very pregnant and not really nice to be around, and my husband was a wreck! Quite literally he resembled the guy you see on television who has his wife’s bag packed and is ready to rush out the door in an instant. For him and for me, it was a miraculous event that changed our lives forever.
We went from being two self-absorbed individuals who happened to be married to a cohesive unit where he was the protector and I the nurturer. We even had a policy for the first few months of our son’s life that nobody could physically enter the house to meet him. We simply held him by the front window and people looked in! Imagine that!
In our quest to be good parents we felt that we were protecting him, and after that first baby’s gestation and birth we became so much more to each other and to our newborn son. You see, family means everything, and God granted us this great opportunity to learn that valuable lesson. That is why today I can write with firm conviction that I know of what I speak.
Motherhood is totally underrated in our culture today, but for me it is one of the most remarkable blessings God can bestow. It is challenging, it is frustrating, it is maddening, and it is tiring, but most of all it is the marvel that keeps on giving.
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