Somebody's Mom

I have to thank my nephew "Z" for this post. Last night I asked "Z" if he knew who I was. He looked at me and said "Somebody's mom". We had not seen him since last November when he was not yet two, so to remember my name it was not going to happen.
Then last night at two in the morning while I was sick, tired and feeding Trey I thought about that conversation and what it meant to be "somebody's mom". Thank you "Z". Here it goes, if it is rambling forgive me, Tech just won (Wreck 'em Tech), it is late, I have a fever, feeding Trey, and tired.
Really moms out there, is there anything better than being somebody's mom? We have these beautiful spirits that Heavenly Father entrusted us with. For those of you who have a child, or a family member at war this is how I think our Father in Heaven feels. We send them off to fight a mighty foe and pray that they return.We send them to camps to prepare them and they are given the best weapons to defend themselves, and others. Then we pray. We wait by the phone or computer to hear from them. We count down days till they all come home. Most do come back, but some don't. Our Father in Heaven sends us away to fight the mightiest of foes (Satan). He sends us to our mothers and it is our job to prepare them to return home. We teach them to pray to Him so He knows we are okay and He can give the guidance only He can. I am sure He cries when we forget Him and what Christ did for us. We try to arm them with the best weapon a strong testimony of Him, and His son Jesus Christ. And then along with Him we pray. We pray that we as mothers did enough and that our children are the brave strong soldiers we teach them to be. We hope they remember early morning scripture study, family prayer, and Family home Evening. Most come home, but some don't. And oh how He must ache for those that don't because He loves each of us and, like mothers, He wants His family to be together forever.

Don't we have a great responsibility as mothers? It is our job to get them back to Him. They come to us so perfect, after all they just left Him. No wonder we cry when we first see them. It is amazing to think that we can fall in love so hard. Now that is love at first sight. We love them, teach them and pray that they return to Him.