The boys and I have been obsessed with Annie lately. It started when my Mom took me and the boys the the play last month in Roxboro. I forgot how great the music was. It had been years since I'd seen it, and as an adult and a mother it was a completely different experience watching it again. I was crying from the first song to the last.
I have such a love for my boys and that love has grown and created a soft, very emotional, spot in my heart for all children. It breaks my heart to know that there are children out there without loving parents. I wish I had a giant mansion so that I could adopt or foster abandoned, neglected, and abused children. I would love them with all my heart. This love also comes from a lot of prayer and repentance for my own weaknesses. Slowly I have learned that no matter how terrible we might think some ones actions are, they are still children of our Heavenly Father and we should love everyone with the pure love of Christ.
I love my boys so much. And to see them smile makes my heart overflow with joy. My love for them is so strong and intense that I am greatly impacted by how others treat them. I've told my parents before that I have immense gratitude for those who show love to my boys. There have also been times when I felt like my children were not shown love or kindness, and it breaks my heart. But to know that there are people out there that have and show love for them gives me enough peace to forgive. It might take me a long time to forget, but I can forgive.
How could any one not love these boys? How could anyone show them anything but kindness?
