…As a mother of four boys—two of them my own—I’m trying to need them in the way that Mum needed her flowers, in the way that she needed me when she got cancer. In the way that she would leave messages on my answering machines which consisted mostly of “umm,” and silence, and then “This is Mum …” Then, “I was wondering, if you’re not too busy, if you would … um…. want to watch a movie with me?”…
(Read this post in its entirety over at She Loves, today, friends? Thank you for love and grace, and for all of your wisdom shared at my post last night… how I need all of you, the church you provide.)
*linking with beautiful jennifer today