Today is Mother’s Day and it got me thinking about the Black Pancake.
Now, we should all appreciate our mother’s every day, but today gives you an excuse to completely show your gratitude. This doesn’t mean you have to spend millions…you actually don’t need to spend anything at all. Just sit her down and tell her why you love her.
The definition of mother is a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given birth, but we all know being a mother means a lot more. If you’ve ever made pancakes for breakfast, you know exactly what the Black Pancake is. It’s the tester pancake that wasn’t quite right.
Now…think back…wayyyy back to when you were a kid; Ever see your mother eating that Black Pancake? I did. And that one, yucky Black Pancake, pretty much sums up how much your mother loves you and how she’ll do anything for you.
Some people have had to raise themselves…making their own metaphorical pancakes. In this circumstance, the definition of mother is as basic as the definition says. The mother, only defined by the definition, doesn’t get over the top appreciation, even on Mother’s Day. This is because this mother has given you nothing to be appreciative for besides giving birth (like the definition says). And although I KNOW that’s a huge deal…but just like with any other relationship you have with anyone else…if you’ve been mistreated, then you’ve been given no reason to celebrate.
So my hat is off to my mother…the mother who has mothered myself and my husband. I appreciate all she’s done to simply make our lives easier. She is both my friend and protector and has always gone beyond the definition. I am blessed.
1 Timothy 5:8 If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
