I want to be something important and leave with a legacy. But how
can I be known as anything of value? This I have occassionally pondered.

It is important to make my husband and children proud of who I am, therefore I must do something important, I say to myself.

I explore the ideas of the great and important by which to measure myself.

I am not a great basketball player, a pop star, a politician, or a great philanthropist.

I did not create a billion-dollar company, write a number one song, or preach the greatest sermon ever heard.

I have not saved anyone in an emergency to be labeled a hero, nor have I won a medal for any brave and noble action.

I have never starred in a movie or conquered educational barriers. I
have never engaged in civil disobedience and been arrested while making
an important viewpoint be recognized.

So what will I leave behind as a name for myself?

What great accomplishments have I done to leave behind an honorable name for my offspring?

Then it dawns on me…if I want to leave this planet with an honorable
namesake, I must first overcome the greatest challenge that has been
given to mankind. A challenge that, sadly, many are failing.

If you take a look at our society and the chaos around the lifestyle
we have created for ourselves, it becomes apparent that the most
honorable and rewarding accomplishment a person can have earthside is
to sacrifice our lives to raise our children in a loving, nurturing
home. Guiding our little ones into right thinking and action and
steering them from the wrong things, many choose to do. We spend time
with them while they are at the tender age to desire that time, because
as they grow older and more independent, we quickly take second place
to their peers or the PS 2. Then our time to be their guide and friend
may be ignored.

In their age of independence, there are often times a parent may
wonder where they went wrong…what was done or not done to keep the
heart of a young adult child.

And if one is honest, many times the answer will come. What did you spend your time doing all these years?

Maybe you were too busy trying to be somebody instead of realizing that you already ARE somebody!

Because if we can raise our children in love and security, then we have accomplished the greatest task we have been given.

If we can raise our children without the traps of our society, then
possibly the next generation can turn around the chaos into more
positive directions.

The busyness of our lives in this era will continue to grow like
yeast in bread dough and we will begin to see the intensity fall as a
burden onto our grandchildren if there is not a place to slow down and
look at what is really important and to work on those things.

Reality is, it starts with me. It starts with my time with my
children. And if I can bring the most precious thing in my life into
this awareness, then they will carry it on and use caution when they
raise their own children against the trappings that divide our families
and cause us to lead our lives so separately.

So now I begin to understand that my simple and common job as a
mother is the task I have been given to complete with all of my heart,
energy, mind and strength.

And that should be the most important namesake I leave behind. All
other things of great accomplishment will never come close to the honor
I will have received when my children grow up and lead happy and
healthy lives and make a difference in their communities.