Mother's Day

Mother’s Day always makes me reflect on women as a whole, especially in Scripture. It’s important to note that despite all of the grievances against women as a gender throughout Church history, Jesus Himself was always very respectful towards women. He never treated a woman as inferior to a man. It was a woman who first saw Jesus resurrected. And, God chose to honor women by having the Savior be born from a woman. He didn’t have to do that. Jesus could have been beamed down from heaven or hatched from an egg. Strange things happened in Scripture. For more thoughts on the relationship between God and women, I recommend the book Jesus Feminist  by Sarah Bessey. http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Feminist-Invitation-Revisit-Bibles/dp/1476717257

            I appreciate Caz talking about how Mother’s Day is sometimes a difficult day. For me, holidays have become increasingly harder, as my family lives in Ohio. (I haven’t even posted my blog for Easter, it was so sad!) My mom is amazing, and I so wanted to honor her this morning by reading a poem I wrote for her. That didn’t happen, so I’m posting it here. Happy Mother’s Day, Mom. I miss you and I love you to pieces.

She is

1.

sometimes the greatest acts of love are omissions

the family history withheld

to avoid tainting my innocent adoration of grandparents

the nosy questions others so freely asked

the opinions of too tight clothes and too arrogant boyfriends

2.

a girl whose mother would hand her a hot dog on the porch for dinner

asked me what I had had for dinner that night

I answered “chicken, rolls, green beans.”

“Where did you go?” She asked.

I frowned in confusion and answered, “my mom made it,”

Not appreciating until so much later the effort made to cook after working all day

3.

I always knew she would be at my side when I gave birth

Even as I passed my due date, she cancelled her flight to stay

knowing she would lose her job

4.

she is the strongest hand beneath me

the sweetest melody carrying me

the brightest gem never dimming

© 2014 Elizabeth Kropf