So I know I am not a mother, yet, but this subject has been on my mind for quite a while. I often struggle with this subject. In my chosen profession, I read horrendous reports every day of mothers (AND fathers) who mistreat their children in awful ways. A few I have had to hold back tears. I had the amazing opportunity to do my last internship at a shelter before I graduated. As part of my learning experience, I was given the chance to set in trauma focused therapy sessions with teenagers who were in what we call "out of home placement" and had experienced trauma. Several of these teenagers were not very excited to come to "group" therapy. However, most were cooperative when we got started. In one of our sessions some of the kids began talking about their mothers, and one young man cut in and basically said that he knows we as therapists and workers are only trying to help him, but that the ONLY person who could truly help him was his own mother. He continued on and told us that essentially mothers were what got them into this situation, and they were the only ones who could decide to clean their lives up and get their children out of their current situation. I was sort of lost for words. Mothers have the biggest impact on our lives whether we realize it or not. I took an inventory of my own life and realized that my mother has had a huge impact on my life. I thank my Heavenly Father everyday for a mother who took care of me and loved me enough to teach me right from wrong and protected me. I also realized that even though I am not a mother myself, I have an impact on those children in my life. I am very blessed to have six fun loving, cute, and energetic nephews and two beautiful nieces that truly bring me such happiness. So mothers, love your children, appreciate them and never take them for granted!
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