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The other day Amelia (9 years old) and I were talking and she mentioned that she would like to be a mother as soon as possible. My first reaction (after seeing way too many famous teens with babies in the news lately) was WAIT A MINUTE, think that over!
But this is Amelia we’re talking about. Naturally, she hadn’t meant to say that she was yearning for teen pregnancy. She blushed when I mentioned it. She was simply expressing her current feelings about motherhood.
For a moment after she left and I had my thoughts to myself, I was quite flattered. HEY! I must be doing something right if my daugher watches me and wants to be a mother! But another second or two brought greater humility. Amelia is privileged to be surrounded by good and caring mothers. Her aunts and grandmas fit that description, as well as classmates’ mothers, women in the neighborhood, and mothers in our church congregation.
I am thankful that Amelia has been so fortunate. I am also thankful for her tender heart, her capacity to love, and her desire to teach. I pray that at the appropriate time her Heavenly Father will bless her with the opportunity to have a loving marriage where she and her husband can welcome their children with joy. I pray that she will not find it difficult to conceive and bear them. Finally, I pray that years from now, when things are crazy for her, with toddlers clinging in the kitchen while laundry piles up in the bedrooms, she will not forget that this was what she wanted so much. I want Amelia to be a child today, but I look forward to seeing her as a mother tomorrow.
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