Summary
One Mother's Day, two years after the divorce, as we walked into church, I noticed carts of beautiful flowers in little pots on either side of the alter. During the service, the pastor told us that he thought motherhood was one of the toughest jobs in life and deserved recognition and reward. He then asked every child to come forward to pick out a beautiful flower and present it to their mothers as a symbol of how much they were loved and appreciated.
My children took their assignment seriously, and looked over every pot on all the carts. Long after the other children had returned to their seats and presented the other mothers with a beautiful potted flower, my two were still making their selection. Finally, with a joyful exclamation, they made their selection from the back of one of the carts. With exuberant smiles lighting their faces, they proudly proceeded down the aisle to where I was seated and presented me with the plant they had chosen as their Mother's Day gift of appreciation.See the full content of this document
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Mother's Day Flowers
When my husband calmly announced that, after 11 years of marriage, he had filed for divorce and was moving out, my first thought was for my children. My...
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