Dear Friends,

Happy Mother’s Day coming up this Sunday, May 11th .

Mother’s Day is a beautiful celebration of love, compassion, caring, forgiveness, sadness and many other emotions. Everyone has a special relationship to the mother who raised them, whether it be a biological, adoptive, grandmother, aunt or older sister. A mother’s love can also come from a dad, grandfather, uncle or brother who were instrumental in raising and teaching us. Although we focus on moms and grandmas, many people in our lives have shaped us into who we are today. We acknowledge them and we love them for their guidance.

Sometimes there is sadness on Mother’s Day for the moms and caregivers we have lost. He honor and remember them on this day. It is also a time for forgiveness for the moms who we feel did not care for us as we needed, or are estranged from us now. We can love and forgive them for maybe they did not know what they did. Does this sound familiar? In pain and on the cross, Jesus asked God to Forgive those who persecuted him. He set the supreme example of forgiveness. Mothers Day is the perfect day to let go of sadness and to love and forgive.

Another Mother we want to bless is our dear Mother Earth who provides us with all we need to live on this planet; food, water, shelter, beauty. Not long ago we had an earthquake here in Southern CA and it reminded us Mother Earth needs to shake and move. We want to Bless her and Love her and help take care of her as she provides    for us.

“Earth is our Mother, nourishing and protecting us in every moment – giving us air to breathe, fresh water to drink food to eat and healing herbs to cure us, when we are sick.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

This Sunday we bless Mother Earth and pray everyone is able to be with their mother, grandmother, daughter, sister and/or those we love dearly. We honor all mothers in the human family of life.

“The tenderness of mothers’ love shows me the presence of God on earth.”              -May Daily Word

Love and Blessings, Abigail and Steve