Sunday, May 10, 2009

Happy Mother's day


I echo the words of Joseph F Smith as I think about my mom today:

"No love in all the world can equal the love of a true mother...I have felt sometimes, how could even the Father love his children more than my mother loved her children? It was life to me; it was strength; it was encouragement; it was love that begat love or liking in myself. I knew she loved me with all her heart. She loved her children with all her soul.

... This feeling toward my mother became a defense, a barrier between me and temptation, so that I could turn aside from temptation and sin by the help of the Lord and the love begotten in my soul, toward her whom I knew loved me more than anybody else in all the world, and more than any other living being could love me.

...I have learned to place a high estimate upon the love of mother. I have often said, and will repeat it, that the love of a true mother comes nearer being like the love of God than any other kind of love.


I love you MOM! Thank you for teaching me that brownies always taste better with sprinkles on top!
Love
April

1 comment:

Becky said...

Happy Mother's Day to YOU too. To a beautiful mother and friend. I'm glad that your day was wonderful.