You Matter

YOU DO MATTER! Those three words are all that I keep hearing at this point. It's weird because today I'm celebrating with one of my friends (my SISTA) daughters (my NIECE) 14th birthday. The love that a mother has for their child, the bond that is shared, is unlike any other relationship. The Bible instructs us to honor thy mother and thy father so that thy days may be long on the earth. Sitting in the car on the way home from church and I began to reflect on the relationship that I have with my mother and my father. When did that special bond change to the point where we are at now? When did I, as their child, stop mattering to them. The void felt from not having them present, concerned, and INVOLVED in my life (yes they are both alive), has been something that has been filled by temporary pleasures and inappropriate/mishandled relationships. Kelly Price sings..."I need a healing for my soul...". Lord I need a healing! So many tears have been shed because things are just NOT the perfect picture I see or imagine what a family should be. Attempts to change it constantly and parts of me are TIRED of trying.