Selfless Motherhood

When you are getting married, you plan how you will decorate your house. You have color schemes picked out and an overall theme that matches your style. When you buy jewelry, you pick only what you love--and it has to be your style. Every one's taste's are different, but all beautiful and unique to their own personality.



Somehow, though, when you have children, your "taste's" change.



I babysit a 5 year old and a 2 year old. In their house, right in her living room, a homemade paper windmill is hanging from the ceiling. It's red, white and blue for the Fourth of July and obviously painted by a 5 year old. Under the ceiling fan in the middle of the room is a yellow, tissue paper butterfly. On the door in the kitchen are some beautiful "paintings." Not the ones that you would buy, but the ones that you love and cherish forever.

Is this how she planned on decorating her house when she got married? Probably not. In fact, the nice decorations that she does have up are very nice and coordinated. But her love for her children has redefined what she sees as beautiful and worthy of hanging up in her home.

That is selfless motherhood!