I am overjoyed with the gift of my children.
Every day they fascinate me in some new way.
I could stare at their pictures all day long,
Because of the pleasure I get from their
Beautiful smiles and shining faces, bright with love.
It awes me sometimes that I get to be their mom.
There are the typical sibling battles,
But incredible loyalty to each other.
Just when I think that I know them well,
Something new crops up to surprise me—
Sometime serendipitous, sometimes sorrowful,
Always another reason for me to love on them.
I have laughed and cried, rejoiced and grieved,
Giving them up to Father God over and over again.
The price of parenting these precious packages—
Filled with so much earth, so full of heaven’s grace—
Is measureless in volume, yet nothing
Compared with all the love I want to pour out and
That they give back so effusively.
I am overjoyed with the gift of my children!!!