Mom, You’re Amazing…Here’s Why

Mom, You’re Amazing…Here’s Why

Because you were up last night until 10:30 pm discussing issues of faith with your teen or reading a short story about World War II written by your 7th grader or bathing, nursing, and rocking your baby until she fell asleep in your arms.

Because you were up again at 5:30 am.

Because today you’ve already made coffee,

Prayed for your neighbor’s mother, whose condition is critical,

Woken up your children,

Made a hot breakfast

Made a decent breakfast

Made breakfast,

Woken up your children again,

Fed the baby,

Changed a diaper,

Tickled little toes,

Double-tied little shoes,

Made a note to buy new pants for the growing teen,

Fed the fish (and wondered how in God’s green earth it’s still alive),

Unloaded the dishwasher,

Started the laundry,

Packed lunches or made certain there was money in the account or made certain you had bread and turkey for lunches later,

Tucked a note into a discouraged child’s backpack,

Told the middle schooler you were proud of him for writing a great story,

Reminded everyone to brush teeth,

Reminded everyone to make beds,

Reminded everyone to comb hair,

Braided the hair of the one who cannot yet do this for herself,

Marveled at the one who lost her two front teeth,

Embraced and kissed every one of them on the head (even the one who pulled away),

Deeply inhaled and memorized again the individual scent of each child,

Drove them to school or walked them to the bus stop or got them started on today’s homeschool lesson,

Put frozen chicken in the crockpot,

Remembered to turn the crockpot on,

Made a note to buy supplies for the school project due tomorrow,

Sent a text to a friend to set up a lunch date,

Kissed that man of yours goodbye,

Put your hair in a ponytail,

Drove to work or sat down to work at home or made a list of household chores to accomplish.

And it’s only 8:30 am.

At some point already today, you’ve struggled with inadequacy. You’ve heard a little voice that says you are too much (too fat, too wrinkly, too emotional) or not enough (not pretty enough, not together enough, not accomplished enough).

You’ve wondered if your work is making a difference. If anyone even notices or cares.

Oh Mom, look at you!

Look at everything you are. Look at everything you contribute to the family. Look at all the eternal, difficult, fulfilling work you do every single day.

If you wonder if the wheels would fall off your bus if you stepped off it, the answer is yes.

YES, THE WHEELS WOULD ABSOLUTELY FALL OFF WITHOUT YOU DRIVING THE BUS!

Please, do not underestimate your value today. You are neither too much, nor too little. You are exactly what your family needs—what this world needs.

We need you.

And you are amazing.

Questions for Reflection:

1. In what ways am I seeking validation from others instead of grounding my worth in God?

2. How might my attitude toward mundane tasks shift if I truly saw them as service to Christ?

Sandy Cooper is an award-winning author of three books, a student of the Bible, and a professionally certified plant-based home chef. She has been married to Jon for over 32 years and is mom to three young adults, a son-in-law, and a nine-month-old son in Heaven.

She has been helping frazzled moms find peace since 2008 at thescooponbalance.com and is the co-founder of Writing Off Social, where she helps female Christian writers grow their audience without social media.

Sandy is the host of The Balanced MomCast, the cohost of Writing Off Social: The Podcast. She writes at Behind the Balance on Substack, from her home office in Florida, where she lives with her family (and the ocean).

Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and that the Master you are serving is Christ. -Colossians 3:23-24 NLT