Mom

I suppose we learn to love in a lot of ways, but the most important way is by "how we were first loved". The scriptures tell us in John 4:19 that we love the Lord  because he first loved us.  We learn something about the Lord in and from  that process. He didn't need our love in order to love us. Our mothers in a similar way taught us the same thing. The Lord reminded us of this when he answered the lawyer's question. "Which is the great commandment?" The answer was "Thou shalt love the Lord they God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul and with all thy mind." When I look at this picture I see a lot of things. I see a shirt that might have been silk like? I see pants that may not have been what I would have picked out. I see hair on my head that of course I wish I still had but I am at least glad that it wasn't hanging down below my ears. I see those things together as being how my Mom must have wanted me to look like at that time and I see pride and love in her eyes and smile. I am so glad that I was a point of pride for her. I am thankful for that and for her and for the other Moms in my life.