The better part of my life has now been spent mothering. It has done every bit as much for me, and then some, as what I have put into it over the years. It shaped me, stretched me, grown me and pulled me out of myself in ways I could only have imagined. It has asked more of me than I thought I had to give at times. The return on that investment has been more than a Hallmark holiday could ever begin to equal.

It is a big job, mothering, one that can't be done alone. So this weekend our community came together to help gather resources for mothers in need. There were church leaders and housewives, grandma's and teens, strollers and wheelchairs, those with name brand running shoes and those leaning on canes, all walking, with steps big and small to raise money for local mama's and their beautiful babies. 

Because life is just beautiful, in all its fabulous, messy, unpredictable splendor.  

"Where there is life, there is hope."  

And hope changes everything