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Today is Mother’s Day.

I’ve seen this video before and loved it.  It has some wonderful women in it who are Moms that I follow and admire like Kelly Rae Roberts and Brene Brown.

I’ve watched this video many times. I blogged about it last year.

I’m sharing it again today because it’s just too beautiful not to keep sharing.

Watch it today…through the lens of a teacher’s eyes and ears. It’s about being a Mom….it’s about being a teacher.

And once again…that’s how I offer it to you today.

As told to us in words and images by Katherine Center.

“You are a miracle.

And I have to love you this fiercely: So that you can feel it even after you leave for school, or even while you are asleep, or even after your childhood becomes a memory.

You’ll forget all this when you grow up. But it’s okay.

Being a mother means having your heart broken.

And it means loving and losing and falling apart and coming back together.

And it’s the best there is. And also, sometimes, the worst.

Sometimes you won’t have anyone to talk to.

Sometimes you’ll wonder if you’ve forgotten who you are.

But you must remember this: What you’re doing matters.

And you have to be brave with your life so that others can be brave with theirs.

The truth is, being a woman is a gift. Tenderness is a gift. Intimacy is a gift. And nurturing the good in this world is a nothing short of a privilege.

That’s why I have to love you this way. So I can give what I have to you. So that you can carry it in your body and pass it on.

I have watched you sleep. I’ve kissed you a million times. And I know something that you don’t, yet: You are writing the story of your only life every single minute of every day. And my greatest hope for you, sweet child, is that I can teach you how to write a good one.

As an educator, and a Mom I was moved by this short piece. These are the words that struck me most deeply: “You have to be brave with your life so that others can be brave with theirs.”

Thank you Katherine Center for reminding me to be a brave educator, woman, Mom.

Thank you for being an inspiration to me, today.