Are You a Good Mom?

Hello!
How are you doing in your job as a Mom? I think it is easy to get busy with the books, schedules and lesson plans of homeschooling and forget to take a clear look at our "big goal". I want to raise good people who love God, family and country. That's why I homeschool. I want to be close to them, to love them fully, to be a good mom to them. That's why I homeschool.
What a blessing it is to have children under our influence! I am trying to make that influence a very good influence—it makes such a difference in the long run! We all raise clones, for better or for worse. So much responsibility lies on our shoulders, Mothers. A friend once suggested to me that homeschooling is really "celestial mothering". I like that term!
"The happy people are the ones who are good, who were loved and cared for and played with as children, and who therefore have an enormous capacity now to love and care and play. Other people, including their own children, enjoy their company. Everyone is happier because of them. Civilization works better because of them."—Orson Scott Card
It takes effort to be a "Jump Up" Mother. But responding to those "Look-it, Mom" calls goes a long way in cementing a life long relationship. Let's focus on, take the time, and really put in the effort to be a good mom. With the world in increasing chaos, we may feel powerless. It is so true that the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. There is nothing that will have such a lasting impact on the world than our good mothering. We are far, far more powerful than we realize!
Remember, love is spelled "T-I-M-E" to a child.http://www.lovetolearn.net/email_special/