Sometimes the mother will even die for her children just as the Good Shepherd laid down his life for the sheep. That's the promise that a mother made to her newborn baby in a short poem that she wrote. This is the miracle of life. When you're growing up she washes your clothes, cooks your meals, cleans the house, helps you with your home work, holds you tight when you're afraid, nurses you back to health when you're sick, drives you to your Little League games and tucks you into bed at night. A mother wears so many hats and does so many things each and every day that you can understand why a little girl reacted the way she did while looking at some pictures in the family photo album.
Mothers make all kinds of sacrifices for their children.
Just this past week there was a story in USA Today about a mother who made a tremendous sacrifice so her daughter could go to Harvard University. The mother didn't sell a priceless family heirloom or work three jobs so they could afford the tuition. The sacrifice that she made was even more amazing. Because her daughter Brooke was paralyzed from the neck down in a car accident when she was 11, Jean Ellison went to Harvard with her. For the past four years, she has been with Brooke every step of the way and taken care of her many physical needs.