To all the mom's and soon-to-be moms out there, Happy Mother's Day! Being away from my mom for the first time in my life (I think) has made me more grateful this year especially. I got to give mom an early mother's day phone call tonight (Saturday). Thanks to the 9 hour time difference, I wouldn't be able to call until 10pm here if I waited for them to get home from church tomorrow.
In my short time so far volunteering at the hospital, I have learned the importance of a mother. Some of the children we visit do have parents they just aren't there currently. But I've also held a few who do not have parents at all. It is truly something else to bring peace into another child's heart as you hold them and they stop crying. A lot of us feel like we are getting a glimpse into a new mother's heart as we meet children and immediately love them.
I think my favorite child so far was the one I held on Wednesday. He didn't speak and I could tell he had some mental issues. Despite the lake he created on my scrub top, I couldn't help but adore this little boy each time he looked up at me and smiled or played with my hair as I sang primary songs to him amidst the three other patients and families. Sometimes I'm not completely sure this is what I wanted, but I am reassured each time I hold a child in my arms: "yes this is exactly where you should be right now".
We start at the orphanage Monday morning. We met some of the children on Friday and we left feeling so excited. Will the next 14 weeks be challenging? Oh yeah, but I say, bring it on!
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