“Time will not leave me behind”

Bless the late nights and the too-early mornings

Welcome to the first Mothering Spirit newsletter! Each Saturday morning, you’ll receive a round-up of the week’s posts–perfect for your weekend reading.

This week on Mothering Spirit

Vanesa Zuleta Goldberg writes about transformation and time in becoming a mother: “All I know now and moving forward is that time will not leave me behind. She will wait for me, she will hold me, she will comfort me as a mother comforts their child.”

Kayla Craig offers A Blessing to Begin: “God, bless the hopes and anxieties, the joys and the longings within us as we raise our children.”

In Friday’s resource round-up, we asked readers: How did you encounter God's presence as you welcomed your children through pregnancy, birth, fostering, or adoption?

Share your answers here.

In honor of our first week of publication, we’re also hosting a giveaway from Pacifica Designs. Check out this post to learn more and enter to win!

A final word for reflection

“These months that create a whole new person bring mysterious growth for both mother and child. Here, too, is God. In the between and the not-yet. In the constant change of growth. The more we remember the power of the ordinary, the more we can be transformed.”

From The Extraordinary Ordinary Time, a new e-book now available from Mothering Spirit.