MOM is the Best Title of All

This month it’s All About Mom! The mothers in our lives, biological, step, adoptive, foster, grand, in-law, godmothers, and second mothers are all celebrated on May 12th, Mother’s Day. I have to say, MOM is my all time favorite title. It’s simple, sweet, and I share it with millions of other women. I wouldn’t trade it for the world. Those three little letters are filled with unconditional love and total commitment to the two children God has blessed me with to raise for Him.

My youngest son’s first word was “Mama” or so I’d like to think. He strung “ma-ma” together into a long singsong melody each afternoon at the end of naptime. I’d wait to hear his “Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma Song” from the nursery. When I’d arrive at the door and peek inside, his eyes would light up, a grin would stretch from ear to ear, and the volume of the song would increase greatly. Talk about a mood booster!

The title has morphed over the years from Mama to Mommy to Mom. Peer pressure played into the transition. Big preschool boys call their mothers, “Mommy.” And once kindergarten hits, it’s “Mom.”

As the boys were busy drawing one day, my then kindergartener wrote M-O-M on his paper. My older son was seated across the table from his brother. He looked at the up-side-down artwork. He read W-O-W. A funny discussion ensued.

“Eric, you wrote, WOW!”

“No, I wrote MOM!”

This went back and forth until they both looked at the page from the other’s vantage point. They were both correct. Laughing like little boys often do when something strikes them as really funny, they brought the paper to me.

“Look MOM, you’re WOW.”

Now they’re teenagers. The “WOW” of MOM has definitely worn off.

That’s okay, I L-O-V-E my title, M-O-M is the B-E-S-T!

“Honor your father and mother”
—which is the first commandment with a promise—
Ephesians 6:2 

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