This Mother’s Day may look a lot different for you this year. Instead of getting that gray root touch-up, pretty manicure, lash fill, and botox fix so you can look on point in your IG Mother’s Day post, you’re probably spraying a little root cover, painting your nails, digging for that mini mascara in your last Ipsy bag you swore you would never need. Sorry, I don’t know if there is a DIY botox fix to list here. LOL!

In the grand scheme of all this isolation and quarantine, I hope you’ve been able to look in the mirror and see your true beauty. To see and appreciate the REAL, natural you that God created…I encourage you to accept it and even revel in your true beauty. Yes, those highlights are amazing, and those lashes help you feel beautiful, but I pray that you know deep down how beautiful you are to God, your husband, and your kids and that you can genuinely SEE all you are.

So today, curl your hair and add a little makeup, but don’t hide your beauty! You’ve worked hard and lost sleep many nights worrying about those crazy kids, so embrace those gray hairs and eye wrinkles; you’ve earned them, sister.

To all the women out there, Happy Mother’s Day! Whether you’re a mom, a stepmom, a furry kid mom, an adoptive mom, a foster mom, a mother-in-love, a spiritual mom, a mom of a rainbow baby, or long to be a mom, I honor you today! 

May God bless you today and every day; submit your heart to the Lord, receive His anointing and blessings for your life, and run to Him and find shelter when you need rest. May you glorify Him with your life!

And a special Happy Mother’s Day to my Mom!