Mom, Mommy, Ma, Mother

If there is one thing that I think about everyday it is about becoming a wife and a mother. Like most girls, I have had weddings planned in my head since birth. I'm not exactly sure what my wedding will be like, but I am completely positive on what it WON'T be like. I know that I will love my husband with all I have, he will be my best friend, he will be my everything. There is nothing that will break the bonds of our relationship, and that I cannot wait for. I also cannot wait to be a parent with him, to raise beautiful sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father together.

This whole post might seem weird to some of you, but it is how I feel. Honest to goodness. I think of all the great things that come from being a mother and I am so excited to have that opportunity. I'm not sure if many girls in this day-and-age have this goal. I have met plenty of girls who are excited to become mothers one day, but not many who have that as their main goal. I guess, it becomes a tad unrealistic when you can't even get yourself a boyfriend... but, it's whatever. I'm not "on the hunt" for a man or anything, but I do know what my life goal is. I do know, that on my grave it will say, daughter, sister, wife and in big capital letters.. MOTHER.

I was reading this talk by Gordon B. Hinckley and it was addressed to mothers. I read this last little section and it just filled my heart with joy. I couldn't get enough of the job description... can you see it? I will put in bold those words..

God bless you, dear friends. Do not trade your birthright as a mother for some bauble of passing value. Let your first interest be in your home. The baby you hold in your arms will grow quickly as the sunrise and the sunset of the rushing days. I hope that when that occurs you will not be led to exclaim as did King Lear, “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child!” (King Lear, I, iv, 312). Rather, I hope that you will have every reason to be proud concerning your children, to have love for them, to have faith in them, to see them grow in righteousness and virtue before the Lord, to see them become useful and productive members of society. If with all you have done there is an occasional failure, you can still say, “At least I did the very best of which I was capable. I tried as hard as I knew how. I let nothing stand in the way of my role as a mother.”

I can't wait to love someone so much that I get the opportunity to raise them and watch them grow and learn. I will get the opportunity to take care of one of Heavenly Father's most precious spirits, and help them realize their potential. I really hope that I can prepare enough, and take the right steps, NOW, to become a great mother for my children, later. I hope they can look down on me from heaven and say, "That's my mom!" because they know that I will take the utmost care of them. I have so much love and passion for them already, I can barely contain it!

It feels good to just sometimes, sit and think about how good the future will be. Without any interruptions about heartache, or hardship. Just sit and think about my dreams. That is good stuff I tell ya!