Motherhood

Some great quotes from my readings this week.  I love that I am a mom, and that I was fortunate enough to be able to be at home with my girls as they have grown up.  They are my greatest accomplishment.

Elder Quentin L. Cook

"No woman should ever feel the need to apologize or feel her contribution is less significant because she is devoting her primary efforts to raising and nurturing children."

"We should all be careful not to be judgmental or assume that sisters are less valiant if the decision is made to work outside the home."

President Gordon B. Hinckley

"The greatest job that any mother will do will be in nurturing, teaching, lifting, encouraging, and rearing her children in righteousness and truth.  None other can adequately take her place."

President Ezra Taft Benson

"No more sacred word exists in secular or holy writ than that of mother.  There is no more noble work than that of a good and God fearing mother."

"Mothers in Zion, your God given roles are so vital to your own exaltation and to the salvation and exaltation of your family.  A child needs a mother more than all the things money can buy. Spending time with your children is the greatest gift of all."

"Our young people need love and attention, not indulgence. They need empathy and understanding, not indifference from mothers and fathers. They need the parents' time. A mother's kindly teachings and her love for and confidence in a teenage son or daughter can literally save them from this wicked world."

This last quote stood out to me the most.  This is such an amazing promise, it is so important to be there for our children.