A High Calling

Sometimes, I get the feeling from pressures both inside my head and outside in my environment, that what I spend the bulk of my time doing--being a full-time stay-at-home mom--is somehow "less than" some other mission in life.  Mind you, I've spent a good amount of time pondering this and have never come up with anything that I would rather do, nor can I think of anything else that I ought to do...but still, I find asking oneself hard questions on such things is important, and so I do.  

But despite my confidence...some encouragement is always appreciated.  Some came my way this morning by way of a Facebook post:  

You can call me a Mother, or you could also call me an...

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I will lift my head high, and embrace my greatest calling.