encouragement for parents

any mother (or father for that matter) who is struggling today should copy and paste this link (I don't know how to put it on here so that you can just click it - sorry):

http://seekingfaithfulness.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/i-chose-you/

....it's so beautiful.  I feel every mother (father, grandparent, etc) could benefit from the utter grace behind this woman's words.