Easter and Mothers

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I kind of missed posting anything about Easter. Since I don't have little egg hunters to take cute pictures of quite yet I guess I didn't think there was much to say. Then today I was thinking about Mother's Day and how I wanted to post a couple of my favorite quotes, and I thought that it's interesting how Easter and Mother's Day are so close together. All of the women of the scriptures, from Eve to Mary, to the Mothers of Helaman's warriors, have Christlike qualities that I want to emulate. All of the really great Mom's that I have ever had the honor of being influenced by throughout my life are also the most amazing, Christlike women that I can think of, and are right up there with the mothers of ancient times. Of course I know that no one can ever be the perfect mom, but with the examples I've had in my life, Primary and Young Women Leaders and teachers, many sisters I've worked with in church capacities, friends, my Grandmas, Aunts, my sister-in-laws and my Mother-in-law, my sister, and of course, my own Mother, I know that if I come close in any way to being as wonderful as they are I will be able to be the greatest influence for good in the lives of my own children and help them come to know and love their Savior. I know that is the most important thing I will ever do or be.

Happy Mother's Day!


“How many thousands of heroines there must be now, of whom we shall never know. But they are there. They sow in secret the seed of which we pluck the flower, and eat the fruit, and know not that we pass the sower daily in the streets.
One form of heroism- the most common, and yet the least remembered of all- namely, the heroism of the average mother. Ah! When I think of that broad fact, I gather hope again for poor humanity; and this dark world looks bright- this diseased world looks wholesome to me once more- because, whatever else it is not full of, it is at least full of mothers.”
-Charles Kingsley


"As mothers in Israel, we are the Lord’s secret weapon. Our influence comes from a divine endowment that has been in place from the beginning. In the premortal world, when our Father described our role, I wonder if we didn’t stand in wide-eyed wonder that He would bless us with a sacred trust so central to His plan and that He would endow us with gifts so vital to the loving and leading of His children. I wonder if we shouted for joy at least in part because of the ennobling stature He gave us in His kingdom. The world won’t tell you that, but the Spirit will."
-Sheri Dew