To Women Everywhere

Maybe you're a teacher. Or perhaps an aunt. Possibly a neighbor, and probably a friend. Somehow, someway, you have influenced a child's life. As women we have an innate ability to love and to nurture. It might come more naturally to some than to others, but it's inside of you. And those around you can sense it. Particularly those precious little souls you interact with. They love you, they look up to and admire you, and they want to be like you.

As we celebrate Mothers Day this week, there's something we all need to realize. Motherhood is a divine calling that does not begin with bearing children. In fact it begins far before that. It begins when a young girl picks up your dolly for the first time. It begins when she watches her own mother, her teachers, her aunts, grandmas, neigbors and friends as they mother her and the other children around them. It begins when she helps to dry the tears of a friend who is hurt. And it continues to grow with her as she gets older. She may never get married. She may never have children. But she still has the noble and divine calling of a mother.

To all women, everywhere: whether you are married, single, or divorced; whether you have ten children or you have none, today we celebrate you. Happy Mothers Day.