“Topic: When Mother’s Day Hurts -Turning Mourning into Joy “

Mother’s Day, can often be a time of flowers, cards, and phone calls home. Maybe Mom is in a nursing home, maybe she is still in the house where you were raised, maybe she is with you, or maybe she is gone. And just maybe, she is you. I am not alone when I think about all the women who want to be mothers but are not. Also for some like myself, Mother’s Day often feels like a day of mourning than a day of celebration. I used to dread Mother’s Day coming around because of all the pains my own mother caused me and simultaneously missing that I never got to celebrate her the way others got to celebrate their moms. In this, I think of many others and of the reminder of what many have lost.  Everyone may not feel the same type of pains I’ve felt that God had to heal. Possibly it’s a woman who lost her child through miscarriage, stillbirth, illness, or tragedy. Maybe it’s a woman who recently lost her mother. Perhaps it’s a woman who is estranged from her mother, or a mother challenged by a rebellious child. It may be an infertile woman who is pleading and praying for the gift of motherhood. Maybe it’s a woman who had an abortion long before she came to Christ. No matter the circumstance, the pain and suffering on Mother’s Day may make celebration seemingly impossible. My desire is that lives are transformed and healed by listening to this podcast as we address this topic in a realistic and real approach.